The role of civic participation in the South African budgeting process
@inproceedings{Reutener2015TheRO, title={The role of civic participation in the South African budgeting process}, author={Marcel Reutener}, year={2015} }
This research contextualizes public participation and participatory budgeting frameworks from a decentralized perspective. It provides an international perspective on public participation initiatives in the budgeting environment by analyzing selected indices and assessments in developed economies (the United Kingdom and New Zealand) and developing economies (Kenya and Tanzania) to determine the participatory framework in relation to the South African budgeting environment. From a budgeting…
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