Local Government
1869
Large Cities
1
Capital Cities
25
Regional or State Governments
220
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Local Government
1869
Large Cities
1
Capital Cities
25
Regional or State Governments
220
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Community
Capital
Lima
Population
31 989 260
Language
Spanish
Currency
Sol
Indexes
Democracy
59
Flawed Democracy
Democracy
Democracy
59
Flawed Democracy
Democracy
Corruption Perception
105/180
Corruption Perception
Corruption Perception
105/180
Corruption Perception
Human Development
89
High
Human Development
Human Development
89
High
Human Development
World Happiness
65/156
World Happiness
World Happiness
65/156
World Happiness
Legislation Regarding the Regulation of Participatory Budgeting Experiences
There is a national Participatory Budgeting law, and several decrees that regulate the law.
Outstanding Innovation
Peru’s main innovation was to pass the world’s first national law mandating PP in all subnational governments in 2003.
Principal Tendencies Detected
The process mostly takes place at the district level and is very formulaic. Officials call meetings and most decisions are made with very little participation. There is very little innovation. Also, in wealthier urban areas, which are very few, there is online voting.
Other Information
In Peru, Participatory Budgeting experiences (except the council coordination) are institutionalized in all subnational governments and citizen participation in the decision-making processes in the political sphere is also arising, which is an important outcome. However, the data does not suggest that the historically outcast actors are significantly participating. In addition, there’s no evidence that the participatory institutions are helping to improve the efficiency and the government’s response capacity or doing something to reduce corruption.
Therefore, even though the reform has achieved some Important results, the effect on the democracy and governance has been inadequate. In general, in Peru the results have been limited.
