The effects of participatory budgeting on municipal expenditures and infant mortality in Brazil
Sónia Gonçalves — The effects of participatory budgeting on municipal expenditures and infant mortality in Brazil (2014)Sónia Gonçalves · 2014 · Article · AbstractEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0829 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Participatory budgeting · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Brazilian municipalities that used participatory budgeting in 1990-2004 channelled a larger share of spending to sanitation and health and saw lower infant mortality; a separate study of Brazil's largest cities found the association strengthened the longer PB was in place.”
Context. Both studies are observational; effects were stronger under Workers' Party mayors, so political commitment may account for part of the association.
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2Improving social well-being through new democratic institutions
Michael Touchton,Brian Wampler — Improving social well-being through new democratic institutions (2014)Michael Touchton; Brian Wampler · 2014 · Article · AbstractEvidence that contradicts
0No counter-evidence recorded.
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