This paper uncovers the factors that determine the duration of participatory budgeting programmes in Brazilian municipalities using continuous- and discrete-time duration models. The empirical analysis shows that the longer the participatory budgeting programme is, the higher the likelihood of...

As more and more communities turn to participatory budgeting as a means of engaging citizens, prioritizing civic projects, and allocating local, state, and federal funding, this cogent volume will offer guidance and inspiration to others who want to transform democracy in the United States and...

New York City has the largest council-sponsored Participatory Budgeting (PB) processes in North America. From its inception in Brazil, PB was a process that empowered the least-advantaged members of the community by providing a way to propose budget allocations through voting. This book reports...