Can local African communities be empowered through participatory budgeting?

Madaha, Rasel

dc.creator	Madaha, Rasel
dc.date	2021-04-29T12:32:18Z
dc.date	2021-04-29T12:32:18Z
dc.date	2020
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-25T08:52:27Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-25T08:52:27Z
dc.identifier	Madaha Rasel (2020). Can Local African Communities Be Empowered Through Participatory Budgeting? International Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences 5 (2): 74-93. DOI: 10.18488/journal.136.2020.52.74.93
dc.identifier	2521-0556
dc.identifier	https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3498
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/92569
dc.description	Journal article
dc.description	Tanzania used to be one of the poorest countries in Africa. Although the country attained a middle-income status on 1st July 2020, the majority of grassroots communities have not experienced improvement in their standard of living. Participatory budgeting (PB) is one of the variants of public budgeting geared at community empowerment through participation of non-elected citizens in the management of public resources. This article has explored the intent of the participatory public budgeting in the empowerment of local communities in the Tanzanian context. The key question is are marginalized people been empowered to participate in the PB? The study used a qualitative research design. The main unit of analysis was a district council. An administrative ward and a household served as secondary units of analysis. The findings have divulged that there is a framework for the implementation of PB capable of empowering communities in Tanzania. However, the PB structures have been underutilized. If the government commits to effective implementation of the existing set up of the PB process, allowing full participation of local communities at all levels, community empowerment can be attained. Overall, the article adds to a new body of literature on the contribution of PB on community empowerment. The article is useful to practitioners and academicians interested in the implementation of participatory approaches and community empowerment. The study is based on an original research.
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dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	International Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences
dc.subject	Participatory budgeting
dc.subject	Dialogic accounting
dc.subject	Community empowerment
dc.subject	Gender Responsive Budgeting
dc.subject	Tanzania
dc.title	Can local African communities be empowered through participatory budgeting?
dc.type	Article