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TWIL #105 - Public Spending in Paris

TWIL #105 - Public Spending in Paris
Photo by Léonard Cotte / Unsplash

Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days. I usually find these while I'm putting my weekly newsletter together but somehow, they don't quite fit!

This week I learned that ANYONE can decide how public funds are spent in Paris - this includes children who can propose major urban projects.

Anyone in Paris Can Decide How the City Spends Its Money
Through ‘participatory budgeting,’ residents as young as eight years old can propose major urban projects, over 1,000 of which have been implemented.
Reasons to be CheerfulPeter Yeung

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