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" Parliament, the budget and poverty in South Africa : "
edited by Len Verwey, with Kate Lefko-Everett, Ahmed Mohammed, and Musa Zamisa.
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967309
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b721679
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Parliament, the budget and poverty in South Africa : : a shift in power /\ edited by Len Verwey, with Kate Lefko-Everett, Ahmed Mohammed, and Musa Zamisa.
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Pretoria :: Idasa,, 2009.
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1 online resource (100 pages)
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1920409076
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: 1920409343
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: 9781920409074
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1920118918
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9781920118914
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9781920409074
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter One. PRO-POOR BUDGETING: GENERAL REFLECTIONS AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN SITUATION; Chapter Two. SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET PROCESS: AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT; Chapter Three. BUDGET OVERSIGHT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES; Chapter Four. BUDGET OVERSIGHT AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN BUDGET OFFICE; Chapter Five. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BUDGETING: OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED BY NEW AMENDMENT POWERS; Appendix; Endnotes; Back Cover
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Effective and transparent government budgeting is vital to any democracy. In South Africa, massive poverty, inequality and unemployment remain, despite the successful political transformation, citizens and Parliament have a particularly important role to play in shaping budget policy and overseeing its implementation. South Africa reached a crossroads in fiscal governance when it passed the Money Bills Amendment Act in 2009, a law which granted Parliament strong powers to amend the budget prepared by the executive. This publication explores the content of the new law as well as the challenges.
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Budget-- South Africa.
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Poverty-- South Africa.
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Budget.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Public Finance.
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Poverty.
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South Africa.
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336.68
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HC905.Z9P6 2009eb
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Lefko-Everett, Kate.
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Mohammed, Ahmed.
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Verwey, Len.
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Zamisa, Musa.
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