Essays about: "participatory budgeting"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words participatory budgeting.
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1. Communicating Participatory Budgeting : Insights from Makueni County in Kenya
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)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
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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)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
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3. Participatory Budgeting in Pune: "My City, My Money"? : An NGO Perspective on Inclusion and Participation
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : 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
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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 institutionenAbstract : 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
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5. Medborgarbudget : en del av demokratiseringsprocessen
University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and SocietyAbstract : 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