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Problems and Purpose

The participatory budgeting process in Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil was initiated in 2009 and is ongoing.

Background History and Context

Organizing, Supporting, and Funding Entities 

Participant Recruitment and Selection 

Methods and Tools Used 

This initiative is an example of participatory budgeting, an increasingly common method of democratic innovation broadly described as "a decision-making process through which citizens deliberate and negotiate over the distribution of public resources." There are many benefits associated with participatory budgeting including increased civic and democratic education; increased government transparency; and an increased opportunity for participation by historically marginalized populations. [1] 

What Went On: Process, Interaction, and Participation

Influence, Outcomes, and Effects 

Analysis and Lessons Learned 

See Also

Participatory Budgeting  

Participatory Budgeting: Porto Alegre 2005-2007 

Participatory Budgeting in Araras, São Paulo, Brazil  

References

External Links

http://www.spadap.com/data-collection-projects/the-brazilian-participato... [Participatory Budgeting Census 2012]

http://www.aracatuba.sp.gov.br/ [city website]

http://blogdoconsa.blogspot.it/2015/04/agenda-do-orcamento-participativo... [agenda PB 2015]

Notes

Preparing a write-up of this case will require knowledge of Portuguese (PBcensus 1 - complete raw data). Although there are no existing case studies in English on Araçatuba, the city was surveyed in the Participatory Budgeting Census 2012 (Spada et al. 2012). Three other types of cases have been conducted using the information contained in the Participatory Budgeting Census 2012 that are tagged for easier retrieval in the following way:

• PBcensus 1 - complete raw data
• PBcensus 2 - requires phone call
• PBcensus 3 - requires significant research

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