1. Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Finance by IDASA
Budget 2009
Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Finance by IDASA
16 February 2009

2. Structure of the presentation
Fiscal policy
Aspects of social spending

3. Fiscal Policy in Budget 2009

4. Impact of the global contraction on SA budgeting
Growth and Tax Revenue in 2008/09
Growth and Tax Revenue in 2009/10
The 2009/10 Main Budget Deficit

5. Total Expenditure Trends in 2009/10
Main Budget Expenditure
Expenditure as a share of GDP

6. Fiscal Policy: An Evaluation
Tax options
Real spending
Spending as a share of GDP
Debt sustainability

7. The MTEF Growth Assumptions
Growth for 2010/11 and 2011/12
Debt Implications

8. Aspects of Social Spending

9. Social Grants Beneficiary Numbers
Social Transfers as a Share of Consolidated Expenditure

10. Total Social Spending Trends in Consolidated Spending
Health and Education

11. Unevenness of Capital Spending by Government Departments
Uneven spending
Tendency to spend late in the year

12. Provincial Health Departments: 1st and 2nd quarter capital expenditure as a percent of total capital budget 10 20 30 40 50 60 EC FS
LIM
MPU
KZN NW WC
GAU NC
percentage
% Q1
%Q2
Cumulative

13. Provincial Departments of Education 1st and 2nd quarters capital expenditure as a percentage of total capital budget 2008/09 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 EC FS
LIM
MPU
KZN NW WC
GAU NC
Percentage
% spent Q1
% spent Q2
Cumulative

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