Pro-poor budgeting of a different type: some early evidence
Medium-term budget prioritises debt reduction but welfare spending remains important
14 November 2021 - 00:00
This year’s medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS), presented on Thursday by newfinance minster Enoch Godongwana, reveals much about the direction of fiscal policy he would like to take. And it is good news. It is good news because the minister was laser-focused on the fact that any growth and welfare-enhancing policy agenda would need to be anchored in a sustainable debt trajectory while managing growth and welfare-enhancing expenditure within a feasible fiscal consolidation path...
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