{"id":140527,"date":"2019-07-03T18:47:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/pasha-26-why-south-africa-needs-to-sort-out-its-parliamentary-budget-office-the-conversation\/"},"modified":"2019-07-03T18:47:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:47:38","slug":"pasha-26-why-south-africa-needs-to-sort-out-its-parliamentary-budget-office-the-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/pasha-26-why-south-africa-needs-to-sort-out-its-parliamentary-budget-office-the-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasha 26: Why South Africa needs to sort out its parliamentary budget office | The Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/pasha-26-why-south-africa-needs-to-sort-out-its-parliamentary-budget-office-119834\">Pasha 26: Why South Africa needs to sort out its parliamentary budget office<\/a>: <\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/282462\/original\/file-20190703-126360-4wvrgp.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=496&amp;fit=clip\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">shutterstock<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parliamentary budget offices (PBOs) can play a valuable role in democracies. They provide impartial and expert advice on public finances. They do this in a transparent manner. This can strengthen oversight of public finance decisions by parliamentarians and civil society. But South Africa\u2019s PBO is in disarray.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s episode of Pasha, we talk to Se\u00e1n Mfundza Muller, a senior lecturer in economics and a research associate at the Public and Environmental Economics Research Centre at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He explains how South Africa can fix its parliamentary budget office and why that\u2019s important. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>   <em>     <strong>       Read more:       South Africa needs a functioning parliamentary budget office: now&#8217;s the time to fix it     <\/strong>   <\/em> <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Photo:<\/strong>  By WitR Republic of South Africa. Cape Town (Kaapstad). Facade of parliament building in a Neoclassical design, Cape Dutch architecture. Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music<\/strong> \u201cHappy African Village\u201d by John Bartmann found on FreeMusicArchive.org licensed under CC0 1.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/counter.theconversation.com\/content\/119834\/count.gif\" alt=\"The Conversation\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/pasha-26-why-south-africa-needs-to-sort-out-its-parliamentary-budget-office-119834\">The Conversation \u2013 Articles (AFRICA)<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Conversation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the fun:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/add-your-event\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Add Your event<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit a Press Release<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/directory\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Add your listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pasha 26: Why South Africa needs to sort out its parliamentary budget office: shutterstock Parliamentary budget offices (PBOs) can play a valuable role in democracies. They provide impartial and expert advice on public finances. They do this in a transparent manner. This can strengthen oversight of public finance decisions by parliamentarians and civil society. 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