Budgeting in a time of austerity and state capture: A five-year review of budget policies and outcomes

The report, submitted by the Budget Justice Coalition to the Select and Standing Committees on Finance, examines budgeting trends over five years and their specific effects on the social wage, particularly health and education. It evaluates the role of Parliament in budget oversight and proposes measures to enhance public engagement in budgetary decision-making.

• The submission analyzes the impact of budgeting trends over the previous five years on two specific components of the social wage: health and education.
• The document examines the oversight role of Parliament regarding the budget and the processes by which budget decisions are reached.
• The report offers recommendations aimed at increasing the scale and breadth of public participation within the budget process.

APA

iej_admin (2019). Budgeting in a time of austerity and state capture: A five-year review of budget policies and outcomes. Institute for Economic Justice. https://iej.org.za/resource/submission/budgeting-in-a-time-of-austerity-and-state-capture-a-five-year-review-of-budget-policies-and-outcomes/

Chicago

iej_admin. Budgeting in a time of austerity and state capture: A five-year review of budget policies and outcomes. Institute for Economic Justice, 2019. https://iej.org.za/resource/submission/budgeting-in-a-time-of-austerity-and-state-capture-a-five-year-review-of-budget-policies-and-outcomes/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{iejadmin2019budgeting, author = {iej\_admin}, title = {{Budgeting in a time of austerity and state capture: A five-year review of budget policies and outcomes}}, institution = {Institute for Economic Justice}, year = {2019}, month = feb, url = {https://iej.org.za/resource/submission/budgeting-in-a-time-of-austerity-and-state-capture-a-five-year-review-of-budget-policies-and-outcomes/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }