Public engagement for public health
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A paper that evaluates and finds that participatory budgeting substancially reduces infant mortality in Brazilian communities, even more so when the programme is institutionalised.
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Best practices in initiative budgeting
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A report on the best practices in initiative (participatory) budgeting in Russia for researchers, government officials, and civic activists.
Read MoreSharing sortition with some soul
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An essay that presents challenges to communicating effectively about sortition, and concrete ways to overcome them.
Read MoreDrawing lots for fairer elections
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A video explaining a project from two researchers in Switzerland in which they explored drawing lots, a process used throughout history to make political decisions.
Read MoreSorted: Civic lotteries
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A report that explains how sortition can lower the barrier to political participation and create a more powerful and direct role for citizens.
Read MoreThe People's Verdict
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A study of almost 50 long-form deliberative processes in Canada and Australia that makes the case that adding informed citizen voices to public decision-making leads to more effective policies.
Read MoreCitizens’ assemblies are increasingly popular
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Accessible article in The Economist explaining how citizen assemblies work, why they are becoming more popular, and their challenges.
Read MoreCo-designing the PB movement
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A report on the major challenges and needs of participatory budgeting implementers, developed through the PB Exchange, a co-design process with dozens of international experts and practitioners.
Read MoreSchool PB toolkit: Inclusive practice
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A toolkit that shares practices gleaned from the inclusive School PB model developed in response to inclusivity challenges students with disabilities face.
Read MoreContributions of PB to climate change
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A report by Yves Cabannes that reviews 15 initiatives that use PB to address climate change adaptation and mitigation. It discusses the contributions, innovations, and challenges of these programs.
Read MoreFixing democracy with people power
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An opinion piece from the political right in The Australian newspaper about the Geelong Citizens' Jury.
Read MoreThirty years of PB in the world
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A book about the 30 years of participatory budgeting around the world. It focuses on the international context that enabled PB's international dissemination.
Read MoreInsights from Local Initiatives Support
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A paper that reviews the performance of the Russia Local Initiatives Support Program (LISP) as an instrument to address various needs of the population.
Read MoreYouth citizenship in action
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A report that presents the results and impacts for students of a PB process implemented at three Chicago Public Schools.
Read MoreAutopoietic theatre of Augusto Boal
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This handbook not only provides a very wide-ranging introduction and orientation to the world of the Theatre of the Oppressed, it also presents concrete and practical assistance for structuring basic workshops in process-oriented theatre work and in developing Forum Theatre plays.
Read MoreTheater of the Oppressed: Augusto Boal
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Book in which Augusto Boal, creator of the theatre of the oppressed (TO) describes theatrical forms that he first elaborated in the 1970s, initially in Brazil and later in Europe.
Read MoreComparative study of PB
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A comparative study of PB processes in the Dominican Republic, Spain, and Uruguay.
Read MoreInnovative citizen participation
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A paper that presents information about deliberative bodies and citizen assemblies, and how to embed them to democratic institutions.
Read MoreDemocracy is not retreating
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An accessible mainstream article in the magazine Newsweek that highlights the rise of participatory democracy, even as it seems that other institutions of democracy are failing.
Read MorePB around the world
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A comparative study of participatory budgeting processes in Latin America, North America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
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