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● projectDiscontinued · local · 1989–2017
Participatory Budgeting (Porto Alegre)
Residents directly decide how part of the municipal budget is spent via assemblies and delegate votes.
illustrative atlas image · Emmanuel Mejia Chang / UnsplashPDPrefeitura de Porto Alegre (Workers' Party admin.)
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01 How it works
02 What it stands on
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Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
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EvidenceLearn About PBParticipatory Budgeting Project · 2026
ContextParticipatory Budgeting in Porto Alegre 1989–presentParticipedia · 2018
03 Lessons learned
Flourished under the PT (1989–2004); declined when the government changed and was suspended in 2017 (officially for 2 years) by the PSDB citing lack of resources. Lesson: without legal safeguards and sustained political will it is vulnerable, and it only allocated ~15% of the budget.