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Legislative oversight and budgeting: a world perspective/ edited Rick Stapenhurst and David M. Olson

Contributor(s): Stapenhurst, Rick, ed | Olson, David M., edMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: (WBI development studies)Publication details: Washington: World Bank Institute, 2008Description: xvi, 342 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN: 9780821376119; 082137611XSubject(s): Budget | Finance, Public--Accounting | Legislative oversightDDC classification: 328.3456

Contents:

Part One: Overview 1 Tools for Legislative Oversight: An Empirical Investigation Riccardo Pelizzo and Rick Stapenhurst 2 Oversight and Democracy Reconsidered Riccardo Pelizzo Part Two: Oversight and the Budget Process 3 The Legislature and the Budget Rick Stapenhurst 4 Budgets ¿ An Accountant¿s Perspective Kerry Jacobs 5 Legislative Arrangements for Financial Scrutiny: Explaining Cross-national Variation Joachim Wehner 6 The Role of the Legislature in the Budget Drafting Process: A Comparative Review Katherine Barraclough and Bill Dorotinsky 7 A Note on What Happens if no Budget is Passed Before the Fiscal Year Begins? Bill Dorotinsky 8 Public Accounts Committees Riccardo Pelizzo and Rick Stapenhurst 9 The Value of a Nonpartisan, Independent, Objective Analytical Unit to the Legislative Role in Budget Preparation Barry Anderson 10 Parliamentary Budget Offices: International Experience Rick Stapenhurst and John Johnson Part Three: Country Case Studies 11 Administrative Review and Oversight: The Experience of Post-Communist Legislatures David M. Olson 12 Separation of Powers and Legislative Oversight in Russia Thomas F. Remington 13 Administrative Review and Oversight: The Experience of Westminster Mark Shephard 14 Explaining Patterns of Oversight in Brazilian Subnational Governments Scott W. Desposato 15 Emerging Patterns of Legislative Oversight in Indonesia Edward Schneier 16 Legislative Oversight and the Israeli Committee System: Problems and Solutions Chen Friedberg 17 Parliamentary Oversight of Defense in South Africa Robert J. Griffiths 18 Keeping a Watchful Eye? Parliaments and the Politics of Budgeting in Latin America Carlos Santiso 19 Does Parliament Make a Difference: The Role of the Italian Parliament in Financial Policy Carolyn Forestiere and Riccardo Pelizzo 20 Legislative Budgeting in the Czech Republic Zdenka Mansfeldov and Petra Raku¿anov 21 Budget Accountability and Legislative Oversight in Transition: The Case of Post-Suharto Indonesia Sebastian Ekhardt and Vishnu Juwono 22 Establishment of Uganda¿s Parliamentary Budget Office and Parliamentary Budget Committee Beatrice Kiraso 23 Conclusions Legislatures and Administration in Oversight and Budgets: Constraints, Means, and Executives

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Part One: Overview
1
Tools for Legislative Oversight: An Empirical Investigation
Riccardo Pelizzo and Rick Stapenhurst
2
Oversight and Democracy Reconsidered
Riccardo Pelizzo
Part Two: Oversight and the Budget Process
3
The Legislature and the Budget
Rick Stapenhurst
4
Budgets ¿ An Accountant¿s Perspective
Kerry Jacobs
5
Legislative Arrangements for Financial Scrutiny: Explaining Cross-national Variation
Joachim Wehner
6
The Role of the Legislature in the Budget Drafting Process: A Comparative Review
Katherine Barraclough and Bill Dorotinsky
7
A Note on What Happens if no Budget is Passed Before the Fiscal Year Begins?
Bill Dorotinsky
8
Public Accounts Committees
Riccardo Pelizzo and Rick Stapenhurst
9
The Value of a Nonpartisan, Independent, Objective Analytical Unit to the Legislative Role in Budget Preparation
Barry Anderson
10
Parliamentary Budget Offices: International Experience
Rick Stapenhurst and John Johnson
Part Three: Country Case Studies
11
Administrative Review and Oversight: The Experience of Post-Communist Legislatures
David M. Olson
12
Separation of Powers and Legislative Oversight in Russia
Thomas F. Remington
13
Administrative Review and Oversight: The Experience of Westminster
Mark Shephard
14
Explaining Patterns of Oversight in Brazilian Subnational Governments
Scott W. Desposato
15
Emerging Patterns of Legislative Oversight in Indonesia
Edward Schneier
16
Legislative Oversight and the Israeli Committee System: Problems and Solutions
Chen Friedberg
17
Parliamentary Oversight of Defense in South Africa
Robert J. Griffiths
18
Keeping a Watchful Eye? Parliaments and the Politics of Budgeting in Latin America
Carlos Santiso
19
Does Parliament Make a Difference: The Role of the Italian Parliament in Financial Policy
Carolyn Forestiere and Riccardo Pelizzo
20
Legislative Budgeting in the Czech Republic
Zdenka Mansfeldov and Petra Raku¿anov
21
Budget Accountability and Legislative Oversight in
Transition: The Case of Post-Suharto Indonesia
Sebastian Ekhardt and Vishnu Juwono
22
Establishment of Uganda¿s Parliamentary Budget Office and Parliamentary Budget Committee
Beatrice Kiraso
23 Conclusions
Legislatures and Administration in Oversight and Budgets: Constraints, Means, and Executives

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