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

This document is a submission by the Budget Justice Coalition to the Select and Standing Committees on Finance, providing a five-year review of budget policies and outcomes. It examines budgeting trends, their impact on health and education as components of the social wage, and the role of Parliament's oversight in budget decision-making, while offering recommendations for increased public participation in the budget process.

• The submission analyzes budgeting trends over a five-year period and specifically evaluates how these trends have affected health and education, which are identified as elements of the social wage.
• The report examines the oversight role of Parliament regarding the budget and the processes by which budget decisions are reached, proposing ways to enhance public participation in these processes.

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} }