The Effects of Participatory Budgeting on Municipal Expenditures and Infant Mortality in Brazil

This paper investigates whether the use of participatory budgeting in Brazilian municipalities during 1990–2004 affected the pattern of municipal expenditures and had any impact on living conditions. It shows that municipalities using participatory budgeting favored an allocation of public expenditu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	World development 2014-01, Vol.53, p.94-110
1. Verfasser:	Gonçalves, Sónia
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	accountability Brazil budgetary policy Budgeting Decision analysis Expenditures Government spending Infant mortality Latin America Living conditions local government Municipal government participatory budgeting Studies
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