Inclusive and Effective Citizen Engagement

Abstract

University, Portugal) who have been instrumental in training Kenyan counties on implementing Participatory Budgeting. The report benefitted from the insights of peer reviewers namely Sanjay Agarwal and Simon Carl O'Meally; and editorial contributions from Anne Wangalachi. Partnership with Kenyan Counties engaged in the first phase of the Kenya Participatory Budgeting Initiative was instrumental in the development of this report. The Kenya Participatory Budgeting Initiative (KBPI) is implemented under the World Bank's Kenya Accountable Devolution Program led by Helene Carlsson Rex and is a joint initiative with the Governance Practice under the leadership of Tiago Peixoto. The KBPI also partners with key government institutions, namely the Ministry of Devolution and Planning, the Council of Governors, the Commission on Revenue Allocation and the Kenya School of Government. The team acknowledges the critical support provided by KADP donors, namely Denmark, DFID, European Union (EU), Finland, Sweden and USAID.