Description: Helping Parliaments to Help the Poor

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Helping Parliaments to Help the Poor

One of the key features of the PRSP process is that, while government led, there should be broad consultations within countries and wide participation by civil society, to ensure "country ownership." The involvement of Parliaments could b...

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Main Author:	Stapenhurst, Frederick C.
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	BROAD CONSULTATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY CONCESSIONAL LENDING CONSTITUENCIES CORRUPTION DEBT DEBT RELIEF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTION ETHNIC GROUP FINANCIAL RESOURCES GOVERNANCE REFORM GRAND CORRUPTION INCOME INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATION MP MPS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY OIL OVERSIGHT INSTITUTION PARLIAMENT PARLIAMENTS POLICY PROCESS POLITICAL AGENDA POLITICAL PARTIES POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY POLICY POVERTY REDUCTION PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES SELECT COMMITTEE SERVICE DELIVERY TRANSPARENCY PARLIAMENTS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY MONITORING & EVALUATION GOVERNANCE APPROACH PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2171983/helping-parliaments-help-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9742

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Summary:	One of the key features of the PRSP process is that, while government led, there should be broad consultations within countries and wide participation by civil society, to ensure "country ownership." The involvement of Parliaments could be even more pervasive, however, given that, in many countries, parliaments have become key pressures for government reform, aiming to see that governments work more effectively, efficiently, and openly. How this was done depended on circumstances and opportunities to achieve positive change. The strengthening of parliamentary committee capacity seems to offer the most promise, but significant improvements in performance which committees work to achieve are often necessary to have such an impact.