{"id":2331,"date":"2022-02-23T10:47:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T08:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=2331"},"modified":"2022-02-23T10:47:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T08:47:48","slug":"african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/","title":{"rendered":"African countries should try public participation in the budget process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to The Conversation, there are two big challenges African countries face when it comes to managing public finances.<br>First, many lack fiscal capacity on account of structural weaknesses of their economies and gaps in tax administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Predominant informality of wage employment and reliance on subsistence agriculture in most countries make it difficult to raise revenue beyond consumption and border taxes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consequently, on average, African countries collect a mere 16.6% of gross domestic product (GDP) in taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/in-a-fiscal-ditch-african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process-175477?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%2022%202022%20-%202211821944&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%2022%202022%20-%202211821944+CID_1684c9714289ebbaa1e1dde67100f37b&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_africa&amp;utm_term=In%20a%20fiscal%20ditch%20African%20countries%20should%20try%20public%20participation%20in%20the%20budget%20process\">here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Disclaimer:<\/em>&nbsp;<meta charset=\"utf-8\">Bible Media News (BMN)* is an independent faith-based media organization. Please note that all press releases and statements published by BMN do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Bible Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: <\/em>Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to The Conversation, there are two big challenges African countries face when it comes to managing public finances.First, many lack fiscal capacity on account of structural weaknesses of their economies and gaps in tax administration. Predominant informality of wage employment and reliance on subsistence agriculture in most countries make it difficult to raise revenue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>African countries should try public participation in the budget process<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"African countries should try public participation in the budget process\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to The Conversation, there are two big challenges African countries face when it comes to managing public finances.First, many lack fiscal capacity on account of structural weaknesses of their economies and gaps in tax administration. Predominant informality of wage employment and reliance on subsistence agriculture in most countries make it difficult to raise revenue [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bible Media News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-23T08:47:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-23T08:47:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/disruptivo-DokE5D4GbDk-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1702\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"African countries should try public participation in the budget process\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/disruptivo-DokE5D4GbDk-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/\",\"name\":\"Bible Media News\",\"description\":\"All the news for every Christian\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/disruptivo-DokE5D4GbDk-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/disruptivo-DokE5D4GbDk-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1702},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/\",\"name\":\"African countries should try public participation in the budget process\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-23T08:47:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-23T08:47:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/#\/schema\/person\/163863a932c657e6d8f9363501e61f17\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"African countries should try public participation in the budget process\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/#\/schema\/person\/163863a932c657e6d8f9363501e61f17\",\"name\":\"Staff Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdc0902877c2e9318f1239c5e2a1dfbb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdc0902877c2e9318f1239c5e2a1dfbb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Staff Writer\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/biblemedia.co\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/author\/biblemediaadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"African countries should try public participation in the budget process","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"African countries should try public participation in the budget process","og_description":"According to The Conversation, there are two big challenges African countries face when it comes to managing public finances.First, many lack fiscal capacity on account of structural weaknesses of their economies and gaps in tax administration. Predominant informality of wage employment and reliance on subsistence agriculture in most countries make it difficult to raise revenue [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/","og_site_name":"Bible Media News","article_published_time":"2022-02-23T08:47:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-23T08:47:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1702,"url":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/disruptivo-DokE5D4GbDk-unsplash-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"African countries should try public participation in the budget process","twitter_image":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/disruptivo-DokE5D4GbDk-unsplash-scaled.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff Writer","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/#website","url":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/","name":"Bible Media News","description":"All the news for every Christian","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/disruptivo-DokE5D4GbDk-unsplash-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/disruptivo-DokE5D4GbDk-unsplash-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1702},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/","name":"African countries should try public participation in the budget process","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2022-02-23T08:47:47+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-23T08:47:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/#\/schema\/person\/163863a932c657e6d8f9363501e61f17"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/african-countries-should-try-public-participation-in-the-budget-process\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"African countries should try public participation in the budget process"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/#\/schema\/person\/163863a932c657e6d8f9363501e61f17","name":"Staff Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdc0902877c2e9318f1239c5e2a1dfbb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdc0902877c2e9318f1239c5e2a1dfbb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Staff Writer"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/biblemedia.co"],"url":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/author\/biblemediaadmin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/disruptivo-DokE5D4GbDk-unsplash-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2333,"href":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331\/revisions\/2333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}