IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/afj/journ2/v17y2020i4p22-23.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Amplifying the Impact of Devolution Cash Transfers in Zimbabwe

Author

Listed:
  • Terrence Tazvivinga

    (Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe)

Abstract

Zimbabwe adopted a new constitution in 2013 which introduced devolution in governance. In support of the devolution agenda, the central government makes annual cash transfers to the lower tiers of government to implement developmental projects in their respective areas. The funds have allowed local authorities to implement various projects such as construction of clinics and schools. There is however, need to fine-tune the management of the devolution funds to increase their impact. Recipient local authorities need to have investment ready projects so that the received funds can be quickly deployed to counter the effects of the hyperinflation environment in the country. Other ways to boost the effectiveness of devolution funds include prioritising projects with incremental benefits, blending devolution funds with private sector finance to take advantage of each district’s comparative advantage as well as promoting projects with catalytic potential. It is also important for central government to encourage local authorities to work with financial and technical advisory institutions to ensure proper management of the funds. By and large the devolution funds are a game changer with potential to propel development in hitherto marginalised areas.

Suggested Citation

  • Terrence Tazvivinga, 2020. "Amplifying the Impact of Devolution Cash Transfers in Zimbabwe," Africagrowth Agenda, Africagrowth Institute, vol. 17(4), pages 22-23.
    • Handle: RePEc:afj:journ2:v:17:y:2020:i:4:p:22-23
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/ejc-afgrow-v17-n4-a4
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:afj:journ2:v:17:y:2020:i:4:p:22-23. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Kirk De Doncker (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/afrgrza.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.