Participatory budgeting has grown into a mainstream governance tool worldwide. In our latest newsletter, the League's Nick Vlahos examines a recent study on how citizen participation in budgeting can strengthen transparency, accountability, and public trust.
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Participatory budgeting (PB) has moved from a niche democracy innovation to a mainstream governance tool, now used in thousands of cities worldwide. A recent international study by Merrick Langdon, Harlow Pickens, Grace Nakato & Bhavana Nayak examining participatory budgeting initiatives between 2020 and 2024 provides one of the most comprehensive empirical assessments to date of how citizen involvement...
