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		<title>When Citizen Engagement Saves Lives (and what we can learn from it)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empowerment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[infant mortality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Participatory Budgeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Touchton]]></category>
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