Oversight Effectiveness and Political Will : Some Lessons from West Africa

The purpose of the present note is to advance two theoretical claims. The first claim proposed is that the impact of the availability of oversight tools and of the most broadly understood legislative capacity (availability of material, technical, financial resources; availability of well-trained sta...

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Main Authors:	Pelizzo, Riccardo, Stapenhurst, Rick
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	legislative oversight international organizations executive-legislative relations political will
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16346

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spelling	okr-10986-163462021-04-23T14:03:28Z Oversight Effectiveness and Political Will : Some Lessons from West Africa Pelizzo, Riccardo Stapenhurst, Rick legislative oversight international organizations executive-legislative relations political will The purpose of the present note is to advance two theoretical claims. The first claim proposed is that the impact of the availability of oversight tools and of the most broadly understood legislative capacity (availability of material, technical, financial resources; availability of well-trained staff) on the effectiveness with which legislative oversight is performed is conditional. The second claim put forward, after reviewing a rich body of work on executive–legislative relations and legislative oversight in West Africa, is that, of the various conditions that promote or prevent the effective use of oversight tools and capacity, political will is the single most important. These claims have both theoretical and practical relevance, for if political will is as important as is claimed for the effective performance of the oversight function, then international organisations may have to reconsider their approach to legislative strengthening. 2013-12-03T19:45:43Z 2013-12-03T19:45:43Z 2013-11-15 Journal Article The Journal of Legislative Studies 1357-2334 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16346 en_US World Bank http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research West Africa
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description	The purpose of the present note is to advance two theoretical claims. The first claim proposed is that the impact of the availability of oversight tools and of the most broadly understood legislative capacity (availability of material, technical, financial resources; availability of well-trained staff) on the effectiveness with which legislative oversight is performed is conditional. The second claim put forward, after reviewing a rich body of work on executive–legislative relations and legislative oversight in West Africa, is that, of the various conditions that promote or prevent the effective use of oversight tools and capacity, political will is the single most important. These claims have both theoretical and practical relevance, for if political will is as important as is claimed for the effective performance of the oversight function, then international organisations may have to reconsider their approach to legislative strengthening.
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title	Oversight Effectiveness and Political Will : Some Lessons from West Africa
title_short	Oversight Effectiveness and Political Will : Some Lessons from West Africa
title_full	Oversight Effectiveness and Political Will : Some Lessons from West Africa
title_fullStr	Oversight Effectiveness and Political Will : Some Lessons from West Africa
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Oversight Effectiveness and Political Will : Some Lessons from West Africa

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