What percentage of the total municipal budget is submitted for consideration in PB?
The Participatory Budget in general, and particularly in Brazil, represents between 2 per cent and 10 per cent of the executed budget, that is to say the amount that was actually spent, which tends to be less than the planned budget of the previous year. These values represent a variable proportion of the investment budget of the municipality. Nevertheless, few cities put more than 10 per cent of their total budget to debate, and very few, like Mundo Novo or Porto Alegre, discuss, at least technically, 100 per cent of the budget (See Box 8). At the other extreme, in some cities, especially in Europe, the Participatory Budgeting process has less than 1 per cent of the municipal budget at its disposal.
