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Discussion Themes

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1. Issues of representation in citizen juries and similar participatory approaches (e.g., How can we ensure that citizen juries are representative of the wider populations from which they are drawn? How can we extrapolate lessons from specific citizen jury deliberations on key issues to wider policy debates? How can we use citizen jury-type procedures to ensure that the voices of poor people are represented in policy decisions that impinge on their lives?)
   
   
2. Issues of evidence, legitimacy and authenticity (e.g., How can we ensure that citizen jury processes are fair and unbiased so that their 'verdicts' are accepted as trustworthy by all relevant actors?)
   
   
3. Issues of engagement with the policy process (e.g., How can citizen juries and related approaches help create spaces for constructive exchanges between key stakeholders? How can they be used to foster effective links between research and advocacy?; How can donors engage effectively with democratically-elected governments and civil society organisations through the use of participatory approaches, such as citizen juries?)
   
   
4. Issues of accountability and transparency (e.g., Who decides to whom and for whom citizen jury processes are accountable? How can such participatory processes be used to hold government departments, donor agencies and other actors more accountable and make policies and policy processes more responsive to the needs and priorities of poor people?)

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