1st Edition
Government Accountability and Legislative Oversight
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
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The purpose of the book is to investigate parliaments’ capacity to oversee government activities, policies and budget legislation. By analysing the survey data that the World Bank Institute in collaboration with the Inter-Parliamentary Union collected from 120 parliaments, Pelizzo and Stapenhurst show what tools are available to parliaments worldwide, which tools are more or less common, how... Read more
Introduction. 1. Tools of Legislative Oversight in the Lower Chambers. 2. Tools of Legislative Oversight in Upper Chambers. 3. Tools of Budgetary Oversight. 4. Legislative ethics and codes of conduct. 5. Oversight Capacity: new and old measures 6. Control, Democracy, Good Governance and Development?. 7. Conclusions.
Biography
Riccardo Pelizzo is a professor at the School of Economics and Social Sciences at Singapore Management University.
Frederick Stapenhurst is an consultant/advisor to the World Bank Institute.
