Participatory Local Democracy

Abstract: The debate on the World Bank’s role in the promotion of participatory budgeting (PB) has mostly been an ideological one. This article address the issue. It makes six main points, including that PB’s effects having strong potential to be positive, the Bank’s role in promoting PB should be encouraged.

Author(s): Goldfrank, Benjamin

Source(s): , Journal of public deliberation; Vol. 8, Issue 2, Art. 7 18 p Journal of public deliberation Vol. 8, Issue 2, Art. 7

Published: 2012 Berkeley electronic press, [Berkeley, CA (English

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Link: http://www.publicdeliberation.net/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1228&context=jpd&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fscholar%3Fq%3DThe%2BWorld%2BBank%2Band%2Bthe%2BGlobalization%2Bof%2BParticipatory%2BBudgeting#search=%22World%20Bank%20Globalization%20Participatory%20Budgeting%22