Parliamentary development
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- Examining public attitudes towards MPs and South Africa's electoral system
- ( Afrobarometer , 2009)
- Electoral reform has been attracting increasing interest in South Africa and a panel of experts has recommended that South Africa’s electoral system be reformed into a mixed system that would in...
- The importance of parliamentary oversight in ensuring aid effectiveness
- ( A. Mokoro (ed);K. Heim (ed);J. Balch (ed) / , 2009)
- Aid effectiveness has, of late, become a subject of intense international debate resulting in a variety of international commitments for reform after the realisation that billions of dollars spent by ...
- Enhancing the profile of the Pan African Parliament
- ( O. Nzewi (ed) / Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa , 2010)
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Parliament Speakers at a 2009 conference convened by the African Union's (AU) Pan African Parliament (PAP) sought to acquire greater legislative powers and competencies in relevant policy areas. Th...
- ICT in parliament: defining project scope and documenting system requirements
- ( A. Bikha / Global Centre for Information and Communication Technologies in Parliament , 2008)
- This handbook provides a structured approach for the introduction and integration of ICT in Parliament. It maintains the linkages between the rationale for ICT (vision and strategy) and the subsequent...
- Global assessment of the use of ICT by parliaments
- ( Global Centre for Information and Communication Technologies in Parliament , 2008)
- The World e-Parliament Report 2008 presents a global assessment of the use of ICT by parliaments, based mainly on survey evidence. The report’s main objective is to help legislatures evaluate th...
- How strong legislatures impact democracy?
- ( M. S. Fish / UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2006)
- This essay proposes a new way of thinking about how political institutions influence democratisation, one that examines the capacity or power of specific offices. In particular, it focuses upon the st...
- How to make parliaments more effective?
- ( A. Hudson;C. Wren / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2007)
- As donors, developing countries, and multilateral agencies have focussed their attention on governance, there has been a resurgence of interest in the role and potential of parliaments, and in what do...
- African parliaments have limited capacity to hold the executive to account
- ( L. Nijzink;S. Mozaffar;E. Azavedo / Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa , 2006)
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Since the early 1990s, when many African countries resumed multi-party elections and democratic practices, legislative strengthening programmes have become an important part of international assist...
- How can a parliamentary system benefit Central Asian states?
- ( S. Abdukadirov / School of Public Policy, George Mason University , 2006)
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This paper summarises the debate over presidential vs. parliamentary systems and provides a brief background of regimes in Central Asia. It also describes institutional constraints of the current p...
- How can oversight capacity in the Cambodian Parliament be strengthened?
- ( Parliamentary Centre, Canada , 2007)
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This document provides an overview of the role of the Cambodian Parliament (National Assembly and Senate) in budgetary oversight, and general information on the budget process. It is targeted both ...
