The latest Dialogue presented the results of the third Infrastructure Inputs Monitoring Project which provides a comprehensive overview of infrastructure demand and supply in South Africa. The IIMP was initiated in 2006 to assess the impact of the increase in public sector demand in the supply for key infrastructure inputs. It is specifically meant to
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This dialogue provides the platform to understand the approach adopted by the Presidency in respect of the Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation programme and explores the intention and implications of Outcome 6. Economic infrastructure comprises the internal facilities of a country that makes it possible to do business and includes communication, transportation, distribution networks, financial institutions
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The first dialogue in this series took place in June 2009, the topic being the Municipal Infrastructure Investment (MIIF). At that dialogue, the key findings of then MIIF Round 5 analysis were debated. Briefly, those findings included that significant capital expenditure would be required over ten years if the infrastructure service backlogs are to be
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South Africa as a developmental state seeks to balance economic growth and social development through using state resources and influence to reduce poverty and expand economic opportunities for the poor and the previously disadvantaged.  The State seeks to apply its vast resources in a manner that not only creates a market economy, but also enables
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To assist municipalities improve their planning, programming and budgeting capability, (including accessing and use of MIG funding), the dplg in partnership with the DBSA developed the MIIF. This framework has now been through several iterations and been both expanded and improved. The dialogue provides a platform for interrogating the MIIF in the light of current
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