Strengthening Oversight by Legislatures
About 90 percent of the world's
nearly 200 sovereign states have national legislatures or
parliaments. With the spread of democracy and the rise of
multiparty political systems, these bodies are playing
larger roles in government. Increasingly, legislatures and
their members perform four important functions of
governance: o Making policies and laws. Legislatures are
representative bodies for collective decisionmaking, working
with the executive branch to deliberate policies and make
laws. Representing citizens. Legislators give voice to
individual citizens, civil society organizations, and
business groups, representing the needs of local
constituents in policymaking. Overseeing the executive.
Legislatures oversee policy implementation by the executive
branch, scrutinizing its work and holding it accountable.
Recruiting future leaders. Legislatures are stepping stones
and training grounds for senior positions in the executive
branch. Transcending these formal functions, legislatures
also provide an arena where competing political forces can
debate and reach consensus on national policies and laws.
This note addresses the oversight function because of its
significance for government transparency and accountability,
and because the Bank has initiated pilot projects to support
this function.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Stapenhurst, Rick,
Manning, Nick |
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2002-10
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| Subjects: | ACCOUNTABILITY,
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES,
ASSET DECLARATION,
AUTHORITY,
BUDGET MATTERS,
BUDGET PROCESS,
CABINET,
CABINETS,
CASE STUDIES,
CITIZENS,
CIVIL SERVICE,
CIVIL SOCIETY,
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS,
COMMITTEE HEARINGS,
CONSENSUS,
CORRUPTION,
DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT,
DEMOCRATIZATION,
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS,
DONOR ASSISTANCE,
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT,
ELECTIONS,
EXECUTIVE BRANCH,
GOOD GOVERNANCE,
GOVERNANCE IMPROVEMENTS,
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE,
GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY,
INCOME,
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS,
LAWS,
LEGAL REFORM,
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES,
LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT,
LEGISLATORS,
LEGISLATURE,
LEGISLATURES,
LEGITIMACY,
LOCAL CONSTITUENTS,
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT,
MINISTERS,
NATIONAL INTEREST,
NATIONAL LEGISLATURES,
NATIONAL POLICIES,
OPPOSITION PARTIES,
PARLIAMENTARIANS,
PARLIAMENTARY NETWORK,
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS,
PARLIAMENTARY VOTE,
PARLIAMENTS,
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION,
POLICY RESEARCH,
POLITICAL FORCES,
POLITICAL PARTIES,
POVERTY REDUCTION,
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY,
PRESIDENCY,
PRESIDENTS,
PRIME MINISTER,
PUBLIC HEARINGS,
PUBLIC POLICIES,
PUBLIC SECTOR,
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT,
REDUCING POVERTY,
REPRESENTATIVES,
SUBNATIONAL LEGISLATURES,
URBAN AREAS OVERSIGHT,
ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNANCE,
POLICY MAKING,
LAW MAKERS,
DECISION MAKING,
GOVERNMENTS,
LEADERSHIP, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2518042/strengthening-oversight-legislatures
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11336
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