Task Order 807: Local Government Financial Reform: Toward a Sustainable System of Local Government

摘要

The initial purpose of this delivery order (which began in January 2001) was to assist the South African government in policy analysis on local government revenue, expenditure and related topics. The final outputs of the Local Government Financial Reform (LGFR) project were to assist the Department of Provincial and Local Government (dplg) to first produce a fiscal information database, and, second, utilize the data from the database, plus data from additional sources, to produce a policy study that would result in three working papers in the following areas: division of fiscal powers and functions between categories of municipalities, financing of district municipalities, and local government's equitable share of nationally raised revenue. The project was completed in September 2001 and all outputs were delivered to USAID. In order to support the continued process of local government transformation, a resident advisor,was appointed to dplg for a 24-month period from October 2001 to September 2003. The contract was further extended at no cost to July 31, 2004. The objectives of the resident advisor were to develop and regulate frameworks for municipal finance matters and intergovernmental fiscal relations.