Legislative oversight and budgeting [electronic resource] : a world perspective / Rick Stapenhurst [and others], editors.
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 publi...
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Introduction; I. OVERVIEW; Table 1.1 The Tools of Legislative Oversight; Table 1.2 Use of Oversight Tools, by Number of Respondents; Table 1.3 Number of Legislative Oversight Tools Used by Surveyed Countries; Table 1.4 Tools of Legislative Oversight, by Form of Government; Table 1.5a Number of Legislative Oversight Tools, by Form of Government and Country; Table 1.5b Number of Oversight Tools, by Form of Government; Table 1.6 Number of Oversight Tools, by Income Level; Table 1.7 Use of Committee Hearings, by Income Level.
- Table 1.8 Use of Hearings in Plenary Sittings, by Income LevelTable 1.9 Use of Questions, by Income Level; Table 1.10 Use of Question Time, by Income Level; Table 1.11 Use of Interpellation, by Income Level; Table 1.12 Use of Committees of Inquiry, by Income Level; Table 1.13 Presence of Ombudsman as Oversight Tool, by Income Level; Table 1.14 Number of Oversight Tools, by Level of Democracy; Annex Table 1 Number of Oversight Tools and the Probability That a Count.