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Legislative oversight and budgeting : a world perspective

Stapenhurst, Rick, Pelizzo, Riccardo, Olson, David M., Trapp, Lisa von

2008

Overview

In most countries, parliament has the constitutional mandate to both oversee and hold government to account. In light of the increased focus on good governance, academics and legislative strengthening practitioners are re-examining parliament's oversight function with a view to increasing public financial accountability, curbing corruption, and contributing to poverty reduction. This volume brings together research from many different perspectives and many different legislative settings worldwide. As the country case studies in section III demonstrate, the accountability mechanisms or oversight tools available to the legislature vary based on constitutionally defined powers of the legislature, institutional arrangements between the branches of government, divisions of authority between national, regional, and local governments, the degree of legitimacy conferred on the legislature, and the resources available to it. The budget process provides critical opportunities. Section II of this volume is devoted to examining budget oversight from the formulation and approval of the budget, to implementation and the ex post examination of the public accounts. Special attention is also paid to mechanisms to assist parliaments such as Public Accounts Committees and independent parliamentary budget offices. This title will be of interest to parliamentarians and parliamentary staff, legislative strengthening practitioners, and students of legislative development.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC : World Bank
• Subject: ABUSES / ABUSES OF POWER / ACCESS TO INFORMATION / ACCOUNTABILITY / ACCOUNTING / AUDITING / AUDITORS / Brasilien / Budget / BUDGET COMMITTEES / BUDGET CYCLE / BUDGET INFORMATION / BUDGET PREPARATION / BUDGET PROCESS / BUDGET PROJECT / BUDGET RESEARCH / BUDGETING / Budgets / BUREAUCRACY / CAPACITY BUILDING / CBO / CIVIL LIBERTIES / CIVIL SOCIETY / CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS / CODES OF CONDUCT / COLLABORATION / COMMITTEE HEARINGS / CONSENSUS / CONTRIBUTION / CORRUPTION / CREDIBILITY / DATA ANALYSIS / DEMOCRACIES / DEMOCRACY / DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES / DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT / DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE / DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS / DEMOCRATIC REGIMES / DEMOCRATIZATION / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT / ELECTIONS / ETHICS / EXECUTIVE BRANCH / FIGURES / Finance, Public / Finance, Public -- Accounting / FINANCIAL POLICY / FLEXIBILITY / FULL PARTICIPATION / Gesetzgebung / Global / GOOD GOVERNANCE / GOVERNANCE PROGRAM / GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY / GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS / GUINEA­BISSAU / Gute Regierungsführung / Haushaltsbewilligung / Haushaltsplanung / HOUSE OF COMMONS / IMPROVING GOVERNANCE / INCOME / INCOME LEVEL / INCOME LEVELS / Indonesien / INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS / INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY / INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK / INSTITUTIONAL INCENTIVES / INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE / INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY / INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT / INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS / INVESTIGATION / Israel / Italien / Lateinamerika / LAWS / LEGAL FRAMEWORK / LEGISLATION / LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES / Legislative oversight / Legislative/Legislative Gewalt / LEGISLATORS / Legislature / LOW INCOME / LOW-INCOME GROUP / MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT / MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENTS / MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY / MONIES / NATIONAL BUDGET / NATIONAL INCOME / NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS / NEGOTIATIONS / Parlamentarische Funktionen / Parlamentarische Kontrolle / PARLIAMENT / PARLIAMENTARIANS / PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET / PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE / PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES / PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL / PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT / PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS / PARLIAMENTS / PARTY DISCIPLINE / Polen / POLICY IMPLICATIONS / POLICY MAKING / POLITICAL CONDITIONS / POLITICAL DYNAMICS / POLITICAL PARTIES / POLITICAL RIGHTS / POLITICAL SCIENCE / POLITICAL SYSTEM / POLITICAL SYSTEMS / POVERTY REDUCTION / PROBABILITY / PROCUREMENT / Public accounting / PUBLIC EXPENDITURE / PUBLIC EXPENDITURES / Public finance / PUBLIC HEARINGS / PUBLIC MONIES / PUBLIC POLICY / Rechenschaftspflicht / RECONSTRUCTION / Regierungssystem / REGRESSION ANALYSES / REPRESENTATIVES / RESPONSIBILITIES / RULE OF LAW / Russische Föderation / SALE / SCHOLARSHIP / SELECT COMMITTEES / STATISTICAL ANALYSIS / Südafrikanische Republik / TRANSPARENCY / Transparenz politischer/administrativer Prozesse / Tschechien / Uganda / Vereinigtes Königreich / Welt / WORTH / Öffentliche Haushaltspolitik / Öffentlicher Haushalt / Öffentliches Rechnungswesen
• ISBN: 082137611X, 9780821376119, 0821376128, 9780821376126