Investigating the factors that constrain the Effectiveness of fiscal policy in Namibia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kamati, Reinhold | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shifotoka, Sakaria M | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-31T07:36:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-31T07:36:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description | A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration Finance | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study investigated the factors that constrain the effectiveness of fiscal policy in Namibia. The research primarily aimed at identifying economic, social and political factors that constrain the effectiveness of fiscal policy in Namibia. The study employed a quantitative research approach, of a descriptive design. A structured questionnaire was administered to a sample of 81 respondents purposively selected. In this study, a set of social, political and economic factors were found to highly contribute to the ineffectiveness of fiscal policy in Namibia. On social factors, community participation, demographic characteristics, transparency and accountability, and cultural beliefs were identified as factors that constrain the effectiveness of fiscal policy. The survey results showed that insufficient resources, weakly prioritized expenditures, large debt stock, ineffective institutional framework, and poor capacities of the budgeting process were the most economic factors that constrain fiscal policy effectiveness. Meanwhile, 89% of the total respondents agreed that lack of political will, cabinet size, overlapping roles between institutions and lack of or slow decentralisation were political factors that inhibit the effectiveness of fiscal policy in Namibia. Furthermore, 100% of the respondents emphatically rejected the proposition that fiscal policy is ineffective due to lack of resources. From the results, it was concluded that the continued per i tence of fiscal policy ineffectiveness will continue to yield high levels of poverty, unemployment, and regionally unbalanced development and therefore can re ult in increased concern as to the degree of adherence to sound economic principles in the formulation and implementation of the country's fiscal policy. The research recommended coherence between the central government offices and agencies. This is expected to result in less government bailouts and the revenue which would otherwise have been used for bailouts would now be targeted to national priority areas | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11070/4028 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of Namibia | |
| dc.subject | Effectiveness of fiscal policy | |
| dc.subject | Namibia | |
| dc.subject | University of Namibia | |
| dc.subject | Economic | |
| dc.subject | Social and political factors | |
| dc.title | Investigating the factors that constrain the Effectiveness of fiscal policy in Namibia | |
| dc.type | Thesis |