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dc.titleDoes Participatory Budgeting Improve Decentralized Public Service Delivery?
dc.contributor.authorBeuermann, Diether
dc.contributor.authorAmelina, Maria
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Caribbean Group
dc.coverageEurope
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2014-11-17T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2014-11-05T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides the first experimental evaluation of the participatory budgeting model showing that it increased public participation in the process of public decision making, increased local tax revenues collection, channeled larger fractions of public budgets to services stated as top priorities by citizens, and increased satisfaction levels with public services. These effects, however, were found only when the model was implemented in already-mature administratively and politically decentralized local governments. The findings highlight the importance of initial conditions with respect to the decentralization context for the success of participatory governance.
dc.format.extent44
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011662
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Does-Participatory-Budgeting-Improve-Decentralized-Public-Service-Delivery.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectParticipatory Budgeting
dc.subjectDecentralization
dc.subjectTechnical Cooperation
dc.subjectPublic Service
dc.subjectGovernance
dc.subjectHousing
dc.subjectTax Collection
dc.subjectInvestment
dc.subject.jelcodeH11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
dc.subject.jelcodeH41 - Public Goods
dc.subject.jelcodeH43 - Project Evaluation • Social Discount Rate
dc.subject.jelcodeH70 - State and Local Government • Intergovernmental Relations: General
dc.subject.jelcodeP35 - Public Economics
dc.subject.keywordsRussia;training;technical assistance;Decentralization;participatory budgeting
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-P1573
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