Pinnington, Elizabeth; Lerner, Josh; Schugurensky, Daniel - In: Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial … 21 (2009) 3, pp. 454-483
In 1989, the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre initiated a model of budget participation known internationally as "participatory budgeting." In this process of diagnosis, deliberation and decision-making, city residents directly decide how to allocate part of a public budget, typically at the level...
