Legislative Oversight and Budgeting : A World Perspective

Effective legislatures are fundamental to promoting good governance and are a critical component in a country's overall governance framework. Although differences exist across government systems, legislatures, through their constitutional mandates, fulfill three core functions: representation, lawmaking, and oversight. Governance goals of greater accountability, transparency, and participation are directly related to these three functions. Legislative oversight in particular seeks to ensure that the executive and its agencies, or those to whom authority is delegated, remain responsive and accountable. This volume looks at oversight as a continuous and ongoing cycle. Legislatures may examine government policies as they are being developed or work to ensure that programs are implemented and administered efficiently, effectively, and in a manner consistent with legislative intent. In addition, this book highlights the important opportunities provided for oversight during the budget cycle. At the same time, the authors recognize the many factors and incentives legislators face that may assist or impede them in playing their oversight role.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Stapenhurst, Rick, Pelizzo, Riccardo, Olson, David M., von Trapp, Lisa
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2008
Subjects:	ABUSES, ABUSES OF POWER, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTING, AUDITING, AUDITORS, BUDGET COMMITTEES, BUDGET CYCLE, BUDGET INFORMATION, BUDGET PREPARATION, BUDGET PROCESS, BUDGET PROJECT, BUDGET RESEARCH, BUDGETING, 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, FINANCIAL POLICY, FLEXIBILITY, FULL PARTICIPATION, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE PROGRAM, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, GUINEA­BISSAU, HOUSE OF COMMONS, IMPROVING GOVERNANCE, INCOME, INCOME LEVEL, INCOME LEVELS, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INSTITUTIONAL INCENTIVES, INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INVESTIGATION, LAWS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGISLATION, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES, LEGISLATORS, LOW INCOME, LOW-INCOME, LOW-INCOME GROUP, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENTS, MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY, MONIES, NATIONAL BUDGET, NATIONAL INCOME, NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS, NEGOTIATIONS, PARLIAMENT, PARLIAMENTARIANS, PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET, PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE, PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES, PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL, PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT, PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS, PARLIAMENTS, PARTY DISCIPLINE, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY MAKING, POLITICAL CONDITIONS, POLITICAL DYNAMICS, POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL RIGHTS, POLITICAL SYSTEM, POLITICAL SYSTEMS, POVERTY REDUCTION, PROBABILITY, PROCUREMENT, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC HEARINGS, PUBLIC MONIES, PUBLIC POLICY, RECONSTRUCTION, REGRESSION ANALYSES, REPRESENTATIVES, RESPONSIBILITIES, RULE OF LAW, SALE, SCHOLARSHIP, SELECT COMMITTEES, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, TRANSPARENCY, WORTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9880820/legislative-oversight-budgeting-world-perspective https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6547
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