Content session: Sustainability of basic service delivery: Local Govt Turnaround Strategy 2009
Year Published 2009
Business unit: Special Projects
Resource type: Discussion papers
File type: PDF
Theme(s): Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Local Government, Public Service & Administration
Description
This Local Government Turnaround Strategy (LGTAS) is aimed at counteracting forces that are undermining our Local Government system. Root causes for some of these problems include systemic factors, i.e. linked to model of local government, policy and legislative factors, political factors, weaknesses in the accountability systems, capacity and skills constraints, weak intergovernmental support and oversight and issues associated with the inter-governmental fiscal system.