South Africa’s National Development Plan (NDP) recognises that safety and security are “directly related to socio-economic development and equality” and require an environment…

Cornerstone, in collaboration with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the German Development Coorporation (GIZ), developed a series of government budgeting workshops.…

This project formed part of a broader initiative to understand the planning, implementation and financing dynamics of some 40 government policies. The overall…

Government budgets are much like household budgets. In households, we make decisions about how to allocate limited income to buy food, pay for…

A review of the Gauteng Department of Education’s progress made to date with respect to building plans for new schools across the province.

Developing a costing tool that explored efficiencies in the implementation of the newly developed INSET policy

The national Department of Arts and Culture drafted the South African Public Library and Information Services Bill, 2012. The Bill aimed to –…

The Maldives began to implement a decentralisation process in the 1990s, with constitutional and political reforms. The Decentralization Act was passed in 2010,…

A review of school infrastructure spending and delivery South Africa’s commitment to the right to basic education has long been undermined by unsafe…

Cornerstone supported the Government of Lesotho in defining clear and efficient mandates for the newly separated Ministries of Finance and Development Planning. The…