COVID-19 and participatory budgeting in North Macedonia and Slovakia

Mária Murray Svidroňová (), Marjan Nikolov and Vesna Garvanlieva Andonova
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Mária Murray Svidroňová: Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Economics, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Public Sector Economics, 2023, vol. 47, issue 3, 387-406

Abstract: The practice of fostering citizen participation in public finance-related decision making at local government level in North Macedonia and Slovakia has backslid during COVID-19. Since COVID-19 prompted a worldwide lockdown, governments were forced to introduce emergencies and/or develop “new” participation methods. The paper aims to explore the impact of COVID-19 on citizens’ participation in financial decision-making using participatory budgeting among the local self-governments in North Macedonia and Slovakia and identify possible COVID-19-specific and general barriers to such participation, considering the particular context of the two countries.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; participatory budgeting; local self-government (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 H72 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.3326/pse.47.3.4

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