This essay deals with The budget process – intergovernmental finance with a performance orientation and achieving improved performance through the budget process Context Infrastructure spending is regarded as a crucial strategic public investment strategy that simultaneously impacts on employment and economic growth. However, infrastructure spending is influenced by all tiers of government through their need to construct and maintain roads, bridges, water infrastructure and energy production and distribution systems. It has been recognized that infrastructure spending has declined in recent years, and when it has occurred, has been poorly prioritized and implemented. Spending priorities are also not coordinated across all public entities and tiers of government. You form part of an infrastructure advisory team tasked with developing a strategy to streamline the processes for infrastructure prioritization and implementation. Assignment Question: Your assignment is to develop a task team note that addresses the following: -Clarify the multi-level government problems that need to be resolved -Clarify the roles and responsibilities required by the different public entities and tiers of government needed to attain an ordered infrastructure strategy -Identify the financial and fiscal instruments needed to streamline the strategy -Using the budget process, identify how the various fiscal and financial instruments should be designed to align objectives and ensure that objectives are achieved.
