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		<title>The haves and the have-nots: who benefits from civic tech?</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2022/10/20/the-haves-and-the-have-nots-who-benefits-from-civic-tech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Civic tech&#8221; broadly refers to the use of digital technologies to support a range of citizen engagement processes.&#160;From allowing individuals to report problems to local government to enabling the crowdsourcing of national legislation, civic tech aims to promote better policies &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2022/10/20/the-haves-and-the-have-nots-who-benefits-from-civic-tech/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2022/10/20/the-haves-and-the-have-nots-who-benefits-from-civic-tech/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>46 favorite reads on democracy, civic tech and a few other interesting things</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2021/01/13/46-favorite-reads-on-democracy-civic-tech-and-a-few-other-interesting-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently been exchanging with some friends on a list of favorite reads from 2020. While I started with a short list, it quickly grew: after all, despite the pandemic, there has been lots of interesting stuff published in the &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2021/01/13/46-favorite-reads-on-democracy-civic-tech-and-a-few-other-interesting-things/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2021/01/13/46-favorite-reads-on-democracy-civic-tech-and-a-few-other-interesting-things/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ask citizens where public money should go: the results might surprise you</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2015/10/09/ask-citizens-where-public-money-should-go-the-results-might-surprise-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2015 19:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(NB: article originally published in Capital Finance International) As citizen engagement gains traction in the development agenda, identifying the extent to which it produces tangible results is essential. Participatory budgeting, a process in which citizens decide upon and monitor budget &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2015/10/09/ask-citizens-where-public-money-should-go-the-results-might-surprise-you/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=1121&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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		<title>How democratic is the Greek referendum?</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2015/07/05/how-democratic-is-the-greek-referendum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2015 15:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a blog post&#160;in 2013, questioning whether there was a case against citizen engagement, Nathaniel Heller provoked: &#8220;Would TARP have worked had US policymakers taken the time to poll a million Americans via SMS to solicit their opinions on whether &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2015/07/05/how-democratic-is-the-greek-referendum/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=1104&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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