Essays about: "participatory budgeting"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words participatory budgeting.

  1. 1. Communicating Participatory Budgeting : Insights from Makueni County in Kenya

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Elmi Hussein; [2023]
    Keywords : Participatory communication; participatory budgeting; power dynamics; WhatsApp; Facebook; social media; digital tools; mobilisation; dialogue; elite capture; public engagement; development; Makueni; Kenya;

    Abstract : Kenya's 2010 Constitution marked a significant shift towards decentralised governance and public participation as key drivers of sustainable development (Finch and Omolo, 2015). One of the primary strategies county governments employ to achieve this goal is participatory budgeting (PB), which empowers communities and devolves power to support inclusive and equitable development. READ MORE

  3. 2. Participatory Budgeting for Social Change in Wales: How do policymakers, civil society and citizens communicate around it?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Abby Samuel; [2020]
    Keywords : Communication for Development; Participatory budgeting; PB; Wales; Participatory communication;

    Abstract : In the 2019 National Survey for Wales, 81% of respondents stated that they felt they couldnot influence decisions in their local area and only 14% said they were consulted about howpublic funds were spent (National Survey, 2019). Participatory budgeting (PB) offers atangible way to improve these figures, providing transparency about public spending andgiving power to local people to influence decisions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Participatory Budgeting in Pune: "My City, My Money"? : An NGO Perspective on Inclusion and Participation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Malherbe Malherbe; [2017]
    Keywords : Participatory Budgeting; Pune; Social Inclusion; Social Exclusion; Participation;

    Abstract : Since the development and implementation of Participatory Budgeting (PB) as a democratic process adhering to civic improvement demands through municipal budget allocations, it promised great potential as a governance tool. Its core intentions are inclusion, participation and the redistribution of wealth to serve vulnerable members of society. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Role of Civil Society in Hindering Corruption : A Case Study about Participatory Budgeting and Social Accountability in Albania

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Sanna Eliasson; [2016]
    Keywords : Corruption; Social Accountability; Participatory Budgeting; Albania;

    Abstract : Participatory budgeting is a tool that can be used to improve social accountability within public institutions through increasing the participation of citizens in decision-making processes about the distribution of public funds. The global experiences from the use of participatory budgeting indicate that the impact of the initiatives has ranged from very weak to highly successful, and that the successfulness depends on certain factors in the environment where it is implemented – even though there is no agreement on what these factors are. READ MORE

  6. 5. Medborgarbudget : en del av demokratiseringsprocessen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Jennifer Cronborn; [2015]
    Keywords : medborgardeltagande; medborgarbudget; medborgarinflytande; direktdemokrati; empowerment;

    Abstract : Runt om i svenska kommuner kan vi se att glappet mellan beslutfattare och medborgare ökar och hur medlemsantalet i politiska partier och ideella organisationer minskar. Detta sker parallellt med ökad arbetslöshet, kriminalitet och utanförskap i samhället vilket bland annat är en konsekvens av ökade klyftor. READ MORE