Valuing Possibility: South-South Cooperation and Participatory Budgeting in Maputo, Mozambique
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Carolini, Gabriella
Date Issued
2015
Journal
Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Colonial and Postcolonial Planning Cultures
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Routledge
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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.
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Abstract
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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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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