National Development Agency – Spending Review Report

This review will show that due to the non-specific nature of the legislative mandate of the National Development Agency, the Agency has practically been given ‘free-reign’ to provide direct funding or capacity building support to any organisation it sees as contributing towards poverty alleviation. This has resulted in the Agency providing the type of support that other state institutions are better positioned and equipped to provide, and doing it in an adminheavy, inefficient manner. The review therefore concludes with the following recommendations: 1. There is an urgent need for a review of the NDA Act.