Governments are constantly facing a strong contestation of their decisions. The past two decades have been market by a constant struggle to open governments, to make them more accountable to citizens and in some ways also more participatory.
Efforts and pressures in these directions have come from the civil society, international organizations, other governments and many other formal and informal actors from the social and political realms, resulting in some initiatives that share a common goal, and which is the focal point of this study: institutional arrangements that can enable citizen participation and accountability in public budgeting.