A 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.
Read MoreA report that recommends methods to build public trust in economic and public institutions in the UK by incorporating deliberative processes into economic policymaking.
Read MoreThis report sums up the current state of our understanding of PB. It focuses on several important aspects of PB and how it has evolved in the past twenty years, including conditions for implementation, impacts, and the role of technology, with an emphasis on the Global South.
Read MoreA guide for using random selection in processes involving citizen participation.
Read MoreA paper proposing the creation of "sortition chambers" on all administrative levels — from a chamber at the same level as the present-day Spanish Congress and Senate down to sortition chambers for each municipality.
Read MoreThis book documents how the Porto Alegre Participatory Budget came into being and how this form of managing public resources was built from the beginning: conflicts, contradictions, difficulties, and solutions that arose in the course of its construction.
Read MoreBook edited by the Paulo Freire Institute that explores themes like citizenship, citzen participation, and social education in relation to participatory budgeting.
Read MoreA report of a research project that explores how and why individuals get and stay involved in different forms of participation and the factors that shape their participation over time.
Read MoreA book edited by Yves Cabannes that discusses the background and challenges of PB processes. It highlights 13 cases of PB around the world, in various contexts and institutions. It also includes recommendations to address challenges with participation.
Read MoreA paper that evaluates and finds that participatory budgeting substancially reduces infant mortality in Brazilian communities, even more so when the programme is institutionalised.
Read MoreA report on the best practices in initiative (participatory) budgeting in Russia for researchers, government officials, and civic activists.
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