A guide to the principles and practice of participatory budgeting, providing an analysis of the potentials of participatory budgeting in strengthening inclusive and accountable governance as well as risks associated with interest group capture of participatory processes.

This book presents an authoritative guide to the principles and practice of participatory budgeting, providing a careful analysis of the potentials of participatory budgeting in strengthening inclusive and accountable governance as well as risks associated with interest group capture of participatory processes. For interested policy makers and practitioners, the book presents the ""nuts and bolts"" of participatory budgeting. It provides a regional survey of such practices worldwide and draws lessons from seven individual country case studies.