Ep. 42 It's More Funds in the Philippines with Ian Jason Hecita

The P*I* Podcast

There is alot of talk about funds in the Philippines. The government handles trillions of pesos worth of tax revenue. But how should the budget be used and deliberated upon? What should be the role of ordinary citizens in public budgeting? We discuss these questions and more with Ian Jayson Hecita, an educator and researcher from the Open Budget Survey team for the Philippines.

0:00 Music

0:20 Intro

1:20 Budgeting issues

6:00 Introducing Ian Hecita

6:50 How does public budgeting work?

15:45 What is the role of citizens in budgeting?

22:00 Who are involved in budgeting?

24:00 What is the open budget survey?

28:10 How did the Philippines fare in the open budget survey?

38:00 What is the impact of the open budget survey?

42:00 What citizens need to know and how to engage them?

51:30 Open Budget Survey and the Administration

58:00 What needs to be done?

1:11:20 Recommendation

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Check out Jason's work at the La Salle Institute of Governance: https://www.dlsu-jrig.org/

Learn more about the Open Budget survey here:https://www2.internationalbudget.org/