Brazil
PBP is launching a new Global PB Hub!
We’re thrilled to announce that PBP is launching a new global hub for PB practitioners and advocates, thanks to a $560,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Global PB Hub will coordinate knowledge sharing, research, learning, and resource development for PB practitioners and advocates around the globe. The PB Hub will build…
Read MoreNew Studies: PB Increases Tax Revenue as it Grows the Number of Voices in Government
A new World Bank working paper by Michael Touchton, Brian Wampler, and Tiago Peixoto finds that PB and participatory institutions actually improve government balance sheets by boosting residents’ willingness to pay taxes.
Read MoreLessons from 30 years of a global experiment in democracy
The Hewlett Foundation and Omidyar Network recently funded a major new report on the lessons learned from 30 years of participatory budgeting (PB). In July, we hosted a webinar about the state and future of PB with report authors Stephanie McNulty and Brian Wampler. Check out the webinar recording, slides, and key takeaways below. We…
Read MoreBrazilian Participatory Budgeting Network
The Brazilian PB Network has a nice new website, including some content in English, such as this interview with a PB consultant: http://www.redeopbrasil.com.br.
Read MorePorto Alegre’s Participatory Budgeting at a Crossroads
Mike Fox recently published an update in NACLA on the situation of participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre:"Porto Alegre’s Participatory Budgeting at a Crossroads"http://nacla.org/node/4566
Read MoreThe PT's New Accent and Lula's Near-Miss
by gianpaolo baiocchi The results of the recent election show that Lula may still be vulnerable to questions about corruption in his party and faces a tough run-off election, but also that the PT is changing. A party borne of striking industrial workers in Sao Paulo state now has as its electoral base the poorer…
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