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Brazil : Toward a More Inclusive and Effective Participatory Budget in Porto Alegre, Volume 1. Main Report

This report is about effective participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre. The process was initiated during the early years of re-democratization and decentralization in Brazil, following the end of the military dictatorship in 1985. The 1988 constitu...

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS
ACCOUNTABILITY RELATIONSHIPS
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS
ACCOUNTING
ANNUAL BUDGET
BASIC NEEDS
BASIC SERVICES
BENEFICIARIES
BUDGET ANALYSIS
BUDGET CALENDAR
BUDGET CYCLE
BUDGET ENVELOPE
BUDGET EXECUTION
BUDGET EXPENDITURES
BUDGET FORMULATION
BUDGET LAW
BUDGET LITERACY
BUDGET OVERSIGHT
BUDGET PLAN
BUDGET PLANNING
BUDGET PREPARATION
BUDGET PROCESS
BUDGET REVIEW
BUDGET SURPLUS
BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
BUDGETARY DECISION
BUDGETARY DECISION MAKING
BUDGETARY DECISIONS
BUDGETARY PROCESS
BUDGETING PROCESS
CAPACITY-BUILDING
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CITIZEN ADVISORY
CITIZEN INPUT
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
CITIZENS
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY MONITORING
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
COALITIONS
CONSTITUENCIES
CONSTITUENCY
CONSTITUTION
CONSTITUTIONS
CORRUPTION
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
CREDIBILITY
DATA ANALYSIS
DEBT
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION-MAKING
DECISION-MAKING POWER
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC POLITICS
DEMOCRATIZATION
DICTATORSHIP
ECONOMIC POLICY
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EFFICIENCY GAINS
EFFICIENT ALLOCATION
ELECTED OFFICIALS
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURE ALLOCATIONS
EXPENDITURE CYCLE
EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT CYCLE
EXPENDITURE PLANNING
EXPENDITURE TRACKING
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNAL AUDITS
FEDERAL BUDGET
FIGURES
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
FINANCIAL COST
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9053955/brazil-toward-more-inclusive-effective-participatory-budget-porto-alegre-vol-1-2-main-report
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8042
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Summary:This report is about effective participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre. The process was initiated during the early years of re-democratization and decentralization in Brazil, following the end of the military dictatorship in 1985. The 1988 constitution initiated a process of decentralization and tax reforms that created the fiscal space for municipalities to make more significant public investment decisions. A plethora of participatory governance institutions have since proliferated in Brazil, most importantly, municipal policy councils and participatory budgeting bodies. The Participatory Budget (OP) was formally introduced in Porto Alegre under the leadership of the Workers' Party in coalition with pro-democracy social movements. Although initially fraught with difficulties due to fiscal constraints, the OP in Porto Alegre became gradually more systematic over time. Today, the OP has a complex methodology for organizing participation in a city of over 1.4 million inhabitants, as well as for prioritizing public investments based on three main criteria: unmet basic needs, population, and citizen preferences. However, the OP constitutes one element in a broader complex system of participatory governance in Porto Alegre. Findings on the poverty and fiscal impacts of OP in Brazil suggest that OP is a participatory mechanism that has significant potential for pro-poor distributive impacts that lead to poverty reduction outcomes in the long run. Its ability to have a positive impact on fiscal performance is less evident.

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