IEJ submission on the 2023 MTEF

The IEJ proposes that the 2023 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework shift from a narrow focus on debt stabilisation toward a human-rights based and feminist budgeting approach. The submission advocates for mobilising maximum resources for rights realisation, introducing a Universal Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG), investing in social infrastructure, and addressing the energy and climate crisis to combat unemployment, poverty, and inequality.

• The IEJ argues that South Africa's fiscal policy should adopt a human-rights based and feminist approach to budgeting, as the current fiscal strategy is inconsistent with these principles.
• The IEJ identifies four priority areas for the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework: the mobilisation of maximum available resources for rights realisation, the introduction of a Universal Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG) to uphold non-retrogression and progressive realisation, prioritising social infrastructure investments, and addressing the energy and climate crisis.

APA

iej_admin (2022). IEJ submission on the 2023 MTEF. Institute for Economic Justice. https://iej.org.za/resource/submission/iej-submission-on-the-2023-mtef/

Chicago

iej_admin. IEJ submission on the 2023 MTEF. Institute for Economic Justice, 2022. https://iej.org.za/resource/submission/iej-submission-on-the-2023-mtef/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{iejadmin2022iej, author = {iej\_admin}, title = {{IEJ submission on the 2023 MTEF}}, institution = {Institute for Economic Justice}, year = {2022}, month = aug, url = {https://iej.org.za/resource/submission/iej-submission-on-the-2023-mtef/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }