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What if you could help decide how the government spends public funds? | Shari Davis

TED Business

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Pb Is Changing the Way We Think About Community Leadership

participatory budgeting has been shown to improve public health, reduce corruption and increase trust in government. After starting 30 years ago in brazil, p b has spread to over seven thousand cities across the globe. In paris, france, the mayor puts up five % of her budget, over a hundred million uros, for community members to decide on and shape their city. We've got to kick the walls of power down and plant gardens of genuine democracy in their place. That's how we change systems, by opening doors so wide that people can't help but walk.

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