Citizen participation could improve fiscal policy
After the 2017 Open Budget Survey publication, which revealed Peru as one of the most transparent countries on the allocation and execution of the public budget, but lagging behind in citizen participation in budgetary decisions, El Comercio highlighted the study of our senior reseacher, Miguel Jaramillo, along with Glenn Wright, who find that voluntary participatory forums are closely associated with more active and effective agricultural policies, but these were less effective when implemented under a mandatory participation process. Another study, by Jaramillo and Lorena Alcázar, found that there is no significant association between the participatory budget and the indicators of coverage and continuity of the water service.
