Spending choices in Budget 2022

dc.contributor.authorSachs, Michael
dc.contributor.authorEwinyu, Arabo K.
dc.contributor.authorShedi, Olwethu
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-21T08:48:47Z
dc.date.available2022-12-21T08:48:47Z
dc.date.issued2022-07
dc.departmentSouthern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)
dc.description.abstractThis paper offers an independent appraisal of expenditure choices implied by the budget 2022 numbers by presenting National Treasury budget data in a form that is accessible and policy-relevant. The analysis may not be uncontroversial or “neutral” but is balanced and grounded in evidence. The report’s focus is on spending allocated through the national budget. Other elements of public spending (such as the state-owned companies, the budgets of metropolitan municipalities and spending financed by rates, levies or user charges) are mentioned where relevant. Tax policy is dealt with in passing but future reports aim to tackle the revenue side of the budget directly. After discussing the fiscal context for expenditure choices, the report analyses the aggregate resource allocation and choices implied by the budget estimates and then considers expenditure trends in each major policy area: healthcare, education, social protection, criminal justice and defence, economic policy and community development.
dc.description.librarianArabo K. Ewinyu
dc.description.sponsorshipSouthern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of the Witwatersrand
dc.facultyFaculty of Commerce, Law and Management
dc.identifier.citationSachs, M., Ewinyu, A.K. and Shedi, O. 2022. Spending choices in Budget 2022. Public Economy Project. SCIS Working paper | Number 30.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/33891
dc.language.isoen
dc.orcid.id0000-0003-0340-0600
dc.orcid.id0000-0001-5278-3981
dc.orcid.id0000-0003-1739-7764
dc.publisherSouthern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPublic Economy Project; 30
dc.rights©2022 Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)
dc.schoolSouthern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)
dc.subjectPublic Economy
dc.subjectAppraisal of expenditure choices
dc.subjectNational Treasury budget data
dc.subjectTax policy
dc.subjectNational budget major policies
dc.titleSpending choices in Budget 2022
dc.typeWorking Paper
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