Open AccessThe Participatory Budget Experiment in Delhi and Warsaw: a Comparison
Author(s) -
Krzysztof Iwanek
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal for research in business, management and accounting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-6114
DOI - 10.53555/bma.v1i1.1667
Subject(s) - new delhi , participatory budgeting , citizen journalism , legislature , politics , political science , public administration , state (computer science) , participatory development , government (linguistics) , economic growth , geography , economics , democracy , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , metropolitan area , algorithm , law , computer science
The aim of this paper is to compare the two fresh and in-progress experiments in participatory budget on local level in two state capitals: New Delhi in India and Warsaw in Poland. As of now, the recently chosen AAP government has introduced participatory budget as an experiment in 2015 in 11 legislative assembly constituencies of Delhi. In Poland, however, such exercises have been introduced in a number of cities in all of their administrative areas and therefore the exercise straddles the Polish political divides. Therefore, I would like analyse how can the Warsaw participatory budget experience be relevant and inspiring for the ongoing Delhi participatory budget exercise.This paper was originally presented and the ‘Economics and Politics of Local Governments: The Indian Experience’ conference, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, December 28-29, 2015.