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Tools for Legislative Oversight: An Empirical Investigation

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dc.contributor.authorPelizzo, Riuccardo
dc.contributor.authorStapenhurst, Frederick C.
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-24T15:43:10Z
dc.date.available2013-06-24T15:43:10Z
dc.date.issued2004-09
dc.description.abstractParliaments are the institutions through which governments are held accountable to the electorate. They have a wide range of tools with which to carry out this oversight function, but until recently little analysis had been undertaken on the characteristics or use of such tools. This paper uses data for 83 countries that was collected in 2001 to investigate whether the oversight potential relates to three variables, namely the form of government (presidential, semi-presidential, or parliamentary), per capita income levels, and the level of democracy. The paper finds that oversight potential is greatly affected by the form of government, per capita income levels, and levels of democracy. Countries with parliamentary forms of government, higher income levels, and which are more democratic have a greater number of oversight tools and greater oversight potential. While the oversight potential follows this general trend, the use of committees of enquiry, interpellations and ombudsman offices follows a different pattern. The use of interpellations as an oversight tool is most common in high income countries, less common in low income countries and least common in middle income countries while the presence of committees of enquiry and of the ombudsman offices is most common in middle income countries, less common in high income countries and least common in low income countries.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5124097/tools-legislative-oversight-empirical-investigation
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3388
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14143
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No.3388
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectCOMMITTEE HEARINGS
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subjectELECTORATE
dc.subjectEXECUTIVE BRANCH
dc.subjectGOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectHIGH INCOME
dc.subjectHIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLEGISLATORS
dc.subjectLOW INCOME
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectNATIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectNATIONAL PARLIAMENTS
dc.subjectPARLIAMENT
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectREPRESENTATIVES
dc.subjectDEMOCRACIES
dc.subjectDEMOCRATIC REGIMES ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectCOMMITTEE HEARINGS
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subjectELECTORATE
dc.subjectEXECUTIVE BRANCH
dc.subjectGOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectHIGH INCOME
dc.subjectHIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLEGISLATORS
dc.subjectLOW INCOME
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMIDDLE INCOME
dc.subjectMIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectNATIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectNATIONAL PARLIAMENTS
dc.subjectPARLIAMENT
dc.subjectPARLIAMENTARIANS
dc.subjectPARLIAMENTARY CONTROL
dc.subjectPARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT
dc.subjectPARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS
dc.subjectPARLIAMENTS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectREPRESENTATIVES
dc.titleTools for Legislative Oversight: An Empirical Investigationen
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okr.crossref.titleTools for Legislative Oversight: An Empirical Investigation
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:21:47.729332Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5124097/tools-legislative-oversight-empirical-investigation
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.guid138491468780617561
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3388
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000009486_20040913112337
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum5124097
okr.identifier.reportWPS3388
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Income
okr.topicGovernance::Parliamentary Government
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicHealth Economics and Finance
okr.topicGovernance::National Governance
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.topicUrban Development::Municipal Financial Management
okr.topicHealth
okr.topicNutrition and Population
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
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