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Strengthening Oversight by Legislatures

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dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-13T09:22:09Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-13T09:22:09Z
dc.date.issued 2003-09
dc.description.abstract About 90 percent of the world's nearly 200 sovereign states have national legislatures or parliaments. With the spread of democracy and the rise of multiparty political systems, these bodies are playing larger roles in government. Increasingly, legislatures and their members perform four important functions of governance: Making policies and laws. Legislatures are representative bodies for collective decision-making, working with the executive branch to deliberate policies and make laws. Representing citizens. Legislators give voice to individual citizens, civil society organizations, and business groups, representing the needs of local constituents in policymaking. Overseeing the executive. Legislatures oversee policy implementation by the executive branch, scrutinizing its work and holding it accountable. Recruiting future leaders. Legislatures are stepping stones and training grounds for senior positions in the executive branch. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/09/2489189/strengthening-oversight-legislatures
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9720
dc.language English
dc.publisher Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Africa Region Findings; No. 230
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject AUTHORITY
dc.subject BUDGET PROCESS
dc.subject BUDGET PROCESSES
dc.subject CABINET
dc.subject CABINETS
dc.subject CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject CASE STUDIES
dc.subject CITIZENS
dc.subject CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject CONSTITUTION
dc.subject DEMOCRACY
dc.subject DEMOCRATIZATION
dc.subject DONOR ASSISTANCE
dc.subject ELECTIONS
dc.subject EXECUTIVE BRANCH
dc.subject GOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subject GOVERNANCE IMPROVEMENTS
dc.subject GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
dc.subject GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subject GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL PEACE
dc.subject LAWS
dc.subject LEGAL REFORM
dc.subject LEGISLATION
dc.subject LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
dc.subject LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT
dc.subject LEGISLATORS
dc.subject LEGISLATURE
dc.subject LEGISLATURES
dc.subject LEGITIMACY
dc.subject LOCAL CONSTITUENTS
dc.subject LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject MINISTERS
dc.subject NATIONAL LEGISLATURES
dc.subject NATIONAL POLICIES
dc.subject OPPOSITION PARTIES
dc.subject PARLIAMENT
dc.subject PARLIAMENTARIANS
dc.subject PARLIAMENTARY ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS
dc.subject PARLIAMENTS
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject POLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subject POLITICAL SYSTEMS
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject PRESIDENCY
dc.subject PRESIDENTS
dc.subject PRIME MINISTER
dc.subject PUBLIC HEARINGS
dc.subject PUBLIC POLICIES
dc.subject PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject REDUCING POVERTY
dc.subject RESEARCH INSTITUTES
dc.subject SUBNATIONAL LEGISLATURES
dc.subject URBAN AREAS LEGISLATION
dc.subject GOVERNANCE
dc.subject ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNANCE
dc.subject DONORS
dc.subject PARLIAMENTS
dc.subject LEGISLATURES
dc.subject POLITICAL SYSTEMS
dc.subject POLICY MAKING
dc.subject DECISION MAKING
dc.subject POLICY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject LEADERSHIP
dc.subject NATIONAL POLICIES
dc.title Strengthening Oversight by Legislatures en
dc.title.alternative Renforcer le contrôle par les parlements en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2003-08-22
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/09/2489189/strengthening-oversight-legislatures
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000090341_20030822132931
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 2489189
okr.identifier.report 26603
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2003/08/22/000090341_20030822132931/Rendered/PDF/266030PAPER0Finding0230.pdf en
okr.sector Public Administration, Law, and Justice :: Law and justice
okr.topic Public Sector Development :: Decentralization
okr.topic Governance :: National Governance
okr.topic Governance :: Parliamentary Government
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Poverty Assessment
okr.topic Governance :: Governance Indicators
okr.unit AFT: Core Operations Services (AFTOS)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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