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This is a great article on Participatory Budgeting from the Washington Post! But do participatory institutions actually achieve any of these beneficial outcomes? In a new study of participatory institutions in Brazil, we find that they do. In particular, we find that municipalities with participatory programs improve the lives of their citizens. Brazil is a leading innovator in participatory institutions. Brazilian municipal governments can voluntarily adopt a program known as Participatory Budgeting. This program directly incorporates citizens into public meetings where citizens decide how to allocate public funds. MAKE SURE TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS YEARS PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN THE 45TH WARD! The Participatory Budgeting Project Participatory Budgeting Chicago washingtonpost/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/22/brazil-let-its-citizens-make-decisions-about-city-budgets-heres-what-happened/
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