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Apr 17, 2016

Is Showing Up Enough? Lessons from Mobilizing for Participatory Budgeting in Rural Kenya

In this post, Juliette Keeley, MPP ’17, explores the issue of elite capture in participatory budgeting processes. She highlights HKS Associate Professor of Public Policy Ryan…

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Dec 7, 2016

PBNYC: The Challenges and Opportunities of Scale

Long hours, careful relationship-building, and hands-on community outreach have made New York City’s Participatory Budgeting process a successful experiment in civic engagement. In this post, Betsy Ribble (MPP ’17) explores what it will take to…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Nov 22, 2013

In the News: Talking Transition in NYC

As New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio prepares to take office, a handful of the city’s largest foundations are trying to set a tone for city hall that is more open to community engagement and perhaps more inclusive. Former Ash Center Democracy Fellow…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Jun 16, 2015

Cambridge Concludes its Inaugural Participatory Budgeting Effort

This post by Derek Pham continues our coverage of a new participatory budgeting (PB) initiative in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Residents were given the opportunity to decide how to allocate $500,000 between…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Jan 9, 2015

Cambridge is Next U.S. City Looking to Foster Engagement with Participatory Budgeting

This post by Derek Pham begins our coverage of a new participatory budgeting initiative in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. PB, as it is commonly referred to, was piloted by the…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Jul 7, 2014

What Happened When the City of Boston Asked Teenagers for Help With the Budget

This post by Hollie Russon Gilman was originally published by Next City. We have been following the City of Boston’s first-in-the-nation youth participatory budgeting initiative all year. Read…