Government budgets are much like household budgets. In households, we make decisions about how to allocate limited income to buy food, pay for education, transport, childcare and so on. In the same way, a government needs to make decisions about how to allocate limited funds to buy various public services. As in a household, priorities […]

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 – In terms of Schedule 5 Part A of the Constitution, the public libraries function is a provincial function. The Bill sought to provide a framework for measures to maintain essential national standards […]

The Maldives began to implement a decentralisation process in the 1990s, with constitutional and political reforms. The Decentralization Act was passed in 2010, formalising the roles and responsibilities of the Atoll and Island councils. The transfer of authority and responsibilities to the Island councils was uneven, with some functions being decentralised while others continue to […]

A review of school infrastructure spending and delivery In this report we examine the demand for school infrastructure, the level of spending and delivery with a particular focus on the School Infrastructure Backlogs Grant (SIBG) – a national conditional grant for addressing inappropriate school structures.

Following the Lesotho general election in May 2012, the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning was split to form two separate ministries: the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Development Planning. To facilitate the successful separation, the Government of Lesotho commissioned a study to determine the most efficient allocation of functions between the two […]

This paper was prepared for the International Budget Partnership. Civil society organisations in the public basic education space, wishing to influence finance allocations to education, had asked questions regarding what budget and expenditure information is available that related to the public basic (school) education function in South Africa. The paper aimed to assist these organisations […]