This webpage looks at participatory budgeting (PB) in schools from a Scottish and international perspective. It presents insights on common school themes and points towards useful resources for practitioners.
Read MoreA paper that provides a model of the different levels of citizen participation and involvement in planning processes in the United States.
Read MoreIn this short book, Participatory Budgeting Project co-founder Josh Lerner provides a concise history of the organization's origins and its vision, highlighting its real-world successes in fostering grassroots budgeting campaigns in cities like New York, Boston, and Chicago.
Read MoreA book providing a comparative analysis of innovative democratic practices, including popular assemblies, mini-publics, direct legislation, and e-democracy.
Read MoreThis essay examines several participatory experiences involving children and young people in Spain, Portugal, the Dominican Republic, and Argentina.
Read MoreThis article presents the key findings of a study from Spain on the benefits of discussing democracy in the classroom.
Read MoreThis report presents and analyzes the experience of six Indonesian cities in Indonesia in managing local participatory budgeting processes.
Read MoreThis report evaluates participatory budgeting programs in Kenya and provides recommendations to improve how the programs function.
Read MoreA collection of research, organization, and management resources related to participatory budgets, mainly in Spanish.
Read MoreThis guidebook analyzes successful participatory budgeting initiatives from municipalities in the Baltic Sea region and other countries, highlighting specific problems addressed and innovative practices.
Read MoreA research brief that explains the theory of change linking PB civil society & political participation outcomes, presents six key research findings and shares practical recommendations for advocacy, planning & design, and research.
Read MoreA research paper that presents the current state of participatory democracy, civil society organizations, and emerging informal politics in South Africa.
Read MoreA research paper that presents findings on how the non-partisan voter mobilization impacts the popular vote in Brazil.
Read MoreA research brief that explains the theory of change linking PB to governance and well-being outcomes, presents seven key research findings, and share practical recommendations for advocacy, planning & design, and research.
Read MoreA paper studying the impact of participatory budgeting on public spending priorities in New York City.
Read MoreA paper studying the impact of adopting participatory institutions on local tax revenues in Brazil.
Read MoreA paper studying the impact of participatory budgeting on public spending and living conditions, shown through the reduction of infant mortality, in Brazil.
Read MoreA paper sharing key insights on Korean-language research on participatory budgeting.
Read MoreA paper by the World Bank that evaluates the impacts of participatory budgeting programs implemented through Russia's Local Initatives Support Program (LISP).
Read MoreThis paper presents comparative case studies about tools for applying participatory budgeting to broader processes of urban planning.
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