Oversight Effectiveness and Political Will : Some Lessons from West Africa

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Oversight Effectiveness and Political Will : Some Lessons from West Africa

dc.contributor.author	Pelizzo, Riccardo
dc.contributor.author	Stapenhurst, Rick
dc.date.accessioned	2013-12-03T19:45:43Z
dc.date.available	2013-12-03T19:45:43Z
dc.date.issued	2013-11-15
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of the present note is to advance two theoretical claims. The first claim proposed is that the impact of the availability of oversight tools and of the most broadly understood legislative capacity (availability of material, technical, financial resources; availability of well-trained staff) on the effectiveness with which legislative oversight is performed is conditional. The second claim put forward, after reviewing a rich body of work on executive–legislative relations and legislative oversight in West Africa, is that, of the various conditions that promote or prevent the effective use of oversight tools and capacity, political will is the single most important. These claims have both theoretical and practical relevance, for if political will is as important as is claimed for the effective performance of the oversight function, then international organisations may have to reconsider their approach to legislative strengthening.	en
dc.identifier.citation	The Journal of Legislative Studies
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/16346
dc.identifier.issn	1357-2334
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16346
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.relation	World Bank
dc.relation.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	legislative oversight
dc.subject	international organizations
dc.subject	executive-legislative relations
dc.subject	political will
dc.title	Oversight Effectiveness and Political Will : Some Lessons from West Africa	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2015-05-15
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-06T11:00:53.513370Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.globalpractice	Governance
okr.journal.nbpages	255-261
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.geographical	West Africa
okr.relation.associatedurl	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13572334.2013.829277
okr.topic	Governance::Democratic Government
okr.topic	Governance::National Governance
okr.topic	Governance::Parliamentary Government
okr.topic	Governance::Political Systems and Analysis
okr.topic	Governance::Politics and Government
okr.volume	20(2)