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Whittling down the Potential of Participatory Budgeting?
Sergio Baierle
 "PB is still alive!", The Porto Alegre City government repeatedly and publicly claims, as if it is trying to convince itself. There are doubts about the validity of its statement, the most serious of which have been pointed out by participatory budgeting council members themselves.
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Analysing public finance, influencing State plans, Nigeria
A peoples story from Nigeria
 Construction of a feeder road from Sabon Dabai to Kendo, culverts at Rafin zumi and Rikoto, relocation of the abattoir at Ambursa, construction of wells and electricity at Dabai are few examples of what the people have been able to claim and access in the states of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara, in Nigeria.
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People over Profits, Society over the Market |
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The Balay Kalinaw People's Agenda to Respond to the Financial Crisis
(Manila, Philippines)
Prompted by the worst economic meltdown in our generation, over 70 organizations came together to collectively discuss the implications of the current crisis on the Philippines.
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Africa's Maldevelopment trajectory and economic Injustice
Sam Moyo
In the last few decades, Africa has continued to move on a trajectory of mal-development characterised by deepening economic inequalities and social conflict reflecting a few centuries of economic injustice.
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