National Participatory Budget in Portugal – Reviving the Citizenry Trust in Government
| Case Code: BENV050 Case Length: 13 Pages Period: 2006-2017 Pub Date: 2024 Teaching Note: Available |
Price: Rs.400 Organization: - Industry: - Countries: Portugal Themes: Government Policies, Public-Private Partnerships |
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The Beginning
Brazil in the 1980s had moved from dictatorship to democracy, but many of the democratic institutions in the county did not operate as they were intended to. Governance and administration were steeped in corruption. The politicians used money to influence voters and come to power and it was they who decided on the allocation of funds – the citizens had no say in the matter.
In 1988, Brazil adopted a new constitution that encouraged citizen participation. However, corruption continued to dog the political system, and clientelism prevailed.
In 1988, a pluralist party, PT, came to power in Porto Alegre, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (population 1.3 million in the early 1990s) in northeastern Brazil. The party was looking to change the way governance was carried out. It wanted active citizen participation and was looking at people at the grassroots having a say in the way the city was run.
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