Parliamentary development
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- 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 ...
- Can parliaments play an important role in delivering good governance, poverty reduction and democracy?
- ( A. Hudson / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2007)
- This briefing paper discusses the issues surrounding parliamentary performance in supporting good governance, democracy and poverty reduction. It particularly focuses on the relationships between parl...
- A framework for representative, transparent, accessible, accountable and effective parliaments
- ( D. Beetham / Inter Parliamentary Union , 2006)
- What is the parliamentary contribution to democracy? What makes a parliament or legislature itself democratic? How might it become more so? These are the questions which this Guide seeks to answer. It...
- Is there evidence of democracy in the Angolan Parliament?
- ( I. Amundsen; C. Abreu; L. Hoygaard / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2005)
- The post-indepedence era, experienced in many African countries as a period of flourishing democracy, has, in Angola, been characterised by civil war and political upheaval. This working paper examine...
- Four papers examining international parliamentary governance
- ( P.C. Dobell / Parliamentary Centre, Canada , 2005)
- Although produced by the Canadian Parliamentary Centre, this paper focuses on parliamentary governments globally, and highlights the links between the Centre’s work in Canada and elsewhere around the ...
- Opportunities and constraints to parliaments promoting health equity in southern Africa
- ( M. Mataure / EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa , 2003)
- This paper from Southern African Regional Network for Equity in Health (EQUINET) and the Global Equity Gauge Alliance (GEGA) aims to provide insight into the practical challenges faced by parliaments ...
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