Turning an unfunded aspiration into a government-owned financing plan with explicit budget commitments.
A local government was chronically dependent on unpredictable central transfers, with own-source revenue collection far below potential. Service delivery suffered from the resulting volatility, but the council lacked a clear strategy to change it.
NXA analysed the full local revenue landscape, quantified the gap between current collection and realistic potential by revenue head, and identified the policy and administrative reforms that could close it. We designed an implementable mobilisation strategy matched to the council's capacity.
Two revenue heads accounted for most of the collection gap, and both were administrative rather than policy problems — solvable through enforcement and systems improvements the council could implement itself.
An own-source revenue mobilisation strategy with sequenced, costed actions and realistic revenue targets, owned by the council's finance team.
The council established a clear pathway to reduce transfer dependence and stabilise its own revenue base — strengthening the predictability of local service delivery.
"The council established a clear pathway to reduce transfer dependence and stabilise its own revenue base — strengthening the predictability of local service delivery."