Financial Urban Management.
Analyse the presentation by National Treasury “State of Local Government Finance” (uploaded on)
• Provide a brief introduction and background, description of the financial management system of the South African local government.
• Critique and identify possible gaps that exist in the budgeting, accounting, reporting and auditing processes.
• Find a case study anywhere in the world that has proven success in the financial management process (i.e. budgeting, accounting, reporting and auditing processes) and discuss how you as an urban manager can apply these principles in the context of South African local government financial system.
• In a brief conclusion draw together the main points made in the sections above and from this derive your solutions.
• Word count 3000 (excluding reference). You are to write this as academic essay using academic sources.