Participatory Budgeting and Its Impact on the Social Development in Trujillo, Peru

Abstract

The Objective of research was  to determine how and in what way participatory budgeting affects social development in the city of Trujillo in 2022. The research was applied and mixed design, where the sample was for convenience, for the quantitative approach were 55 municipal managers and participants for the qualitative approach were 5 municipal managers. The participatory budgeting questionnaire and the social development questionnaire were used. It was concluded that participatory budgeting has an impact on social development in the city of Trujillo in 2022, through logistic regression with p = 0.000 and R2 Nagelkerke was 0.567, that is, it manages to explain by 54.5% the variability of the impact; The degree of budgetary participation was established, being predominantly moderately participatory (87%) and non-participatory (16%); The impact on social development of participatory budgeting was determined, predominantly medium impact (51%) followed by low impact (16%), highlighting 33% high impact; A relationship was found between participatory budgeting and social development and their dimensions. Regarding the phenomenology of participatory budgeting in social development, it is closely linked to the economic level, active participation is made viable in grassroots organizations in social programs, where there is the link that has significance for disadvantaged populations, and through that continuity with leaders (usually mothers, while their partners work all day) dialogues and training can be established, Other social programs may also promote interest in participating.