巴西是世界上最早实施参与式预算的国家,现在依然被当作是参与式预算实践的典范。参与式预算包括三种相似的会议——社区会议、专题会议和全市范围的代表会议。每年参与式预算启动的标志是市政府就上一年度的支出 Brazil, the first country in the world to have a participatory budget, is still seen as a model for participatory budgeting. The participatory budget includes three similar types of meetings - community meetings, special conferences and citywide delegates’ meetings. The annual budget for the participatory budget is marked by the municipality’s previous year’s expenditure