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Shifting fiscal responsibilities downstream: fiscal decentralisation and economic growth in South Africa

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Fiscal decentralisation, or the shifting of some responsibilities for expenditures and/or revenues to lower levels or other spheres of government, has been identified as a vehicle for stimulating economic growth at the provincial or regional level in developing countries. Margaret Chitiga and colleagues examined the case for South Africa and found a weak but positive relationship between fiscal decentralisation and provincial-level economic growth.

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/32386491

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7162210464

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