Valuing Possibility: South-South Cooperation and Participatory Budgeting in Maputo, Mozambique
While the novelty or distinctness of South-South Cooperation (SSC) as a development paradigm is contestable, its relevance for urban planning is not. SSC among cities in the 21st century is growing, and with it reference to Brazil’s experiences in urban reform. This is in evidence in the Mozambican...
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| description | While the novelty or distinctness of South-South Cooperation (SSC) as a development paradigm is contestable, its relevance for urban planning is not. SSC among cities in the 21st century is growing, and with it reference to Brazil’s experiences in urban reform. This is in evidence in the Mozambican capital of Maputo, where a large portfolio of SSC stakeholders – or thick
cooperation – paved the way for the institutionalization of Brazilian-inspired participatory budgeting. Maputo’s experience with participatory budgeting demonstrates the particular value of SSC for urban development. SSC in this case promoted a learning environment by embracing flexibility in implementation, particularly vis a vis time and organization, and by
balancing diverse stakeholders with different contributions to the reform exercise. This helped evade destructive power imbalances that typically corrupt traditional development projects. Instead, SSC helped create a ‘proximate-peer’ learning environment, where knowledge or expertise is co-produced, contextually relevant, and recognized among cooperation partners. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1082842022-09-28T09:43:37Z Valuing Possibility: South-South Cooperation and Participatory Budgeting in Maputo, Mozambique Carolini, Gabriella Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning Carolini, Gabriella Yolanda Carolini, Gabriella While the novelty or distinctness of South-South Cooperation (SSC) as a development paradigm is contestable, its relevance for urban planning is not. SSC among cities in the 21st century is growing, and with it reference to Brazil’s experiences in urban reform. This is in evidence in the Mozambican capital of Maputo, where a large portfolio of SSC stakeholders – or thick cooperation – paved the way for the institutionalization of Brazilian-inspired participatory budgeting. Maputo’s experience with participatory budgeting demonstrates the particular value of SSC for urban development. SSC in this case promoted a learning environment by embracing flexibility in implementation, particularly vis a vis time and organization, and by balancing diverse stakeholders with different contributions to the reform exercise. This helped evade destructive power imbalances that typically corrupt traditional development projects. Instead, SSC helped create a ‘proximate-peer’ learning environment, where knowledge or expertise is co-produced, contextually relevant, and recognized among cooperation partners. 2017-04-20T14:21:37Z 2017-04-20T14:21:37Z 2015 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/BookItem 9780415632294 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108284 Carolini, Gabriella Y. "Valuing Possibility: South-South Cooperation and Participatory Budgeting in Maputo, Mozambique." Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Colonial and Postcolonial Planning Cultures. Ed. Carlos Nunes Silva. New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3668-4099 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315797311 Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Colonial and Postcolonial Planning Cultures Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Routledge Prof. Carolini via Alena McNamara |
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| title | Valuing Possibility: South-South Cooperation and Participatory Budgeting in Maputo, Mozambique |
| title_full | Valuing Possibility: South-South Cooperation and Participatory Budgeting in Maputo, Mozambique |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Valuing Possibility: South-South Cooperation and Participatory Budgeting in Maputo, Mozambique |
| title_short | Valuing Possibility: South-South Cooperation and Participatory Budgeting in Maputo, Mozambique |
| title_sort | valuing possibility south south cooperation and participatory budgeting in maputo mozambique |
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