Guide to participatory budgeting

Participatory budgeting (PB) programmes are policy-making processes. They are designed to incorporate citizens into policy making, spur administrative reform, and distribute public resources to low-income neighbourhoods.
This guide focuses on PB programmes in Brazil. It outlines the basic conditions under which PB programmes have been implemented, the ways in which citizens are incorporated into the policy-making process, the types of public works and policies PB participants select, motivations for participating, administrative reform, limitations to the process, the positive results of the programme, and discussion of implementing PB programmes outside of Brazil.