Financial and fiscal facilitation of developmental local government in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorAbedian, Irajen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHeese, Karenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T12:28:20Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T12:28:20Z
dc.date.issued2000en_ZA
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dc.description.abstractLocal government in South Africa is mandated with the delivery of basic services. This responsibility reflects the evolving role and status of subnational governments across the world. In South Africa, local government policy is underpinned by a developmental vision. The vast backlog of infrastructure that apartheid entrenched requires that considerable financial resources facilitate basic service delivery. In many other countries, inter-governmental transfers account for a far larger portion of municipal revenue than in South Africa where financial capacity is broadly assumed to be sufficient for expenditure needs. This is an inequitable assumption - for communities that do not have substantial revenue bases the current fiscal and financial system undermines equalised service delivery. Inter-governmental relations therefore require revision if municipalities are to address socio-economic inequities. Fiscal options to facilitate developmental government include a greater transfer of resources to local government, or, if the constraints of the fiscus inhibit this, transfers that primarily focus on equalisation. If this restructuring does not occur, local government will not have the financial means to ensure that decentralisation implies the optimal mechanism for development - improved financial and fiscal facilitation of developmental local government is therefore imperative.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHeese, K. (2000). <i>Financial and fiscal facilitation of developmental local government in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5795en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHeese, Karen. <i>"Financial and fiscal facilitation of developmental local government in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5795en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHeese, K. 2000. Financial and fiscal facilitation of developmental local government in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Heese, Karen AB - Local government in South Africa is mandated with the delivery of basic services. This responsibility reflects the evolving role and status of subnational governments across the world. In South Africa, local government policy is underpinned by a developmental vision. The vast backlog of infrastructure that apartheid entrenched requires that considerable financial resources facilitate basic service delivery. In many other countries, inter-governmental transfers account for a far larger portion of municipal revenue than in South Africa where financial capacity is broadly assumed to be sufficient for expenditure needs. This is an inequitable assumption - for communities that do not have substantial revenue bases the current fiscal and financial system undermines equalised service delivery. Inter-governmental relations therefore require revision if municipalities are to address socio-economic inequities. Fiscal options to facilitate developmental government include a greater transfer of resources to local government, or, if the constraints of the fiscus inhibit this, transfers that primarily focus on equalisation. If this restructuring does not occur, local government will not have the financial means to ensure that decentralisation implies the optimal mechanism for development - improved financial and fiscal facilitation of developmental local government is therefore imperative. DA - 2000 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2000 T1 - Financial and fiscal facilitation of developmental local government in South Africa TI - Financial and fiscal facilitation of developmental local government in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5795 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/5795
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHeese K. Financial and fiscal facilitation of developmental local government in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2000 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5795en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleFinancial and fiscal facilitation of developmental local government in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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