Title:
ICT4Gov : ICT mediated participatory budgeting in South-Kivu : mobilizing resources for the poor
Place:
[Washington, DC]
Publisher:
World bank institute (WBI)
Year:
[2011]
PAGE:
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Subject:
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
Keywords:
civil society, telephone, popular participation, budgeting, local government, congo
Abstract:
In Congo (DRC) citizens use their mobile phones to vote on community priorities for local public services. When they have reached an agreement the local government devotes a percentage of the local investment budget to the project selected by the citizens.
URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ByBEpqVTTo
Document type:
Portal