Legislative oversight and budgeting [[electronic resource] ] : a world perspective / / Rick Stapenhurst ... [et al.], editors
| Legislative oversight and budgeting [[electronic resource] ] : a world perspective / / Rick Stapenhurst ... [et al.], editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
| Disciplina | 328.3/456 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | StapenhurstRick |
| Collana | WBI development studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Budget
Finance, Public - Accounting Legislative oversight |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-78755-8
9786611787554 0-8213-7612-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Introduction; I. OVERVIEW; Table 1.1 The Tools of Legislative Oversight; Table 1.2 Use of Oversight Tools, by Number of Respondents; Table 1.3 Number of Legislative Oversight Tools Used by Surveyed Countries; Table 1.4 Tools of Legislative Oversight, by Form of Government; Table 1.5a Number of Legislative Oversight Tools, by Form of Government and Country; Table 1.5b Number of Oversight Tools, by Form of Government; Table 1.6 Number of Oversight Tools, by Income Level; Table 1.7 Use of Committee Hearings, by Income Level
Table 1.8 Use of Hearings in Plenary Sittings, by Income LevelTable 1.9 Use of Questions, by Income Level; Table 1.10 Use of Question Time, by Income Level; Table 1.11 Use of Interpellation, by Income Level; Table 1.12 Use of Committees of Inquiry, by Income Level; Table 1.13 Presence of Ombudsman as Oversight Tool, by Income Level; Table 1.14 Number of Oversight Tools, by Level of Democracy; Annex Table 1 Number of Oversight Tools and the Probability That a Country Is Formally Democratic; Annex Table 2 Number of Oversight Tools and the Probability That a Country Is Liberal Democratic Table 2.1 Correlation Analysis of Level of Democracy and Oversight ToolsTable 2.2 Logistic Regression, with Formal Democratic Status as a Dependent Variable; Table 2.3 Logistic Regression, with Liberal Democracy as a Dependent Variable; Table 2.4 Oversight Tools, Income Level, and Democracy; Table 2.5 Oversight Tools, Income Level, and Democracy in Africa; Table 2.6a Number of Oversight Acts in Italy's Legislature-Chamber of Deputies, 1976 to 2001; Table 2.6b Number of Oversight Acts from the 7th to the 13th Italian Senate; Table 2.7a The Upward Trend in Oversight Acts-Chamber of Deputies Table 2.7b The Upward Trend in Oversight Acts-SenateTable 2.8a Interpellations Directed to the Ministry of Budget from the Chamber; Table 2.8b Interpellations Directed to the Ministry of Budget from the Senate; Table 2.9a Interpellations Addressed to the Foreign Affairs Ministry from the Chamber of Deputies; Table 2.9b Interpellations to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from the Senate; Table 2.10 Effectiveness of Oversight Tools in the 14th Legislature; Table 2.11 Logit Models, with Oversight Tools and Democracy; II. OVERSIGHT AND THE BUDGET PROCESS Figure 3.1 Heart of Executive-Legislative Relations: The Budget ProcessBox 3.1 Brazilian Congress and the Budget Process; Box 3.2 Ghana's Parliament and Introducing Value Added Tax; Table 3.1 Legislatures' Powers to Amend the Budget; Box 3.3 The Polish Parliament's Budget Research Office; Figure 3.2 Fiduciary Obligation; Box 3.4 Enhancing Financial Transparency by Broadening Access to Information; Box 3.5 Analyzing the Political Context; Figure 4.1 Model of a Controlled Process; Table 5.1 Spearman Correlations between Indices; Figure 5.1 Index of Legislative Budget Institutions Table 5.2 Comparison of Budget-Amending and Non-Budget-Amending Legislatures |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453868703321 |
| Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Legislative oversight and budgeting : : a world perspective / / Rick Stapenhurst ... [and others], editors
| Legislative oversight and budgeting : : a world perspective / / Rick Stapenhurst ... [and others], editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2008] |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 342 pages : illustrations ; ; 27 cm |
| Disciplina | 328.3/456 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | StapenhurstRick |
| Collana | WBI development studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Budget
Finance, Public - Accounting Legislative oversight |
| ISBN |
1-281-78755-8
9786611787554 0-8213-7612-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Introduction; I. OVERVIEW; Table 1.1 The Tools of Legislative Oversight; Table 1.2 Use of Oversight Tools, by Number of Respondents; Table 1.3 Number of Legislative Oversight Tools Used by Surveyed Countries; Table 1.4 Tools of Legislative Oversight, by Form of Government; Table 1.5a Number of Legislative Oversight Tools, by Form of Government and Country; Table 1.5b Number of Oversight Tools, by Form of Government; Table 1.6 Number of Oversight Tools, by Income Level; Table 1.7 Use of Committee Hearings, by Income Level
Table 1.8 Use of Hearings in Plenary Sittings, by Income LevelTable 1.9 Use of Questions, by Income Level; Table 1.10 Use of Question Time, by Income Level; Table 1.11 Use of Interpellation, by Income Level; Table 1.12 Use of Committees of Inquiry, by Income Level; Table 1.13 Presence of Ombudsman as Oversight Tool, by Income Level; Table 1.14 Number of Oversight Tools, by Level of Democracy; Annex Table 1 Number of Oversight Tools and the Probability That a Country Is Formally Democratic; Annex Table 2 Number of Oversight Tools and the Probability That a Country Is Liberal Democratic Table 2.1 Correlation Analysis of Level of Democracy and Oversight ToolsTable 2.2 Logistic Regression, with Formal Democratic Status as a Dependent Variable; Table 2.3 Logistic Regression, with Liberal Democracy as a Dependent Variable; Table 2.4 Oversight Tools, Income Level, and Democracy; Table 2.5 Oversight Tools, Income Level, and Democracy in Africa; Table 2.6a Number of Oversight Acts in Italy's Legislature-Chamber of Deputies, 1976 to 2001; Table 2.6b Number of Oversight Acts from the 7th to the 13th Italian Senate; Table 2.7a The Upward Trend in Oversight Acts-Chamber of Deputies Table 2.7b The Upward Trend in Oversight Acts-SenateTable 2.8a Interpellations Directed to the Ministry of Budget from the Chamber; Table 2.8b Interpellations Directed to the Ministry of Budget from the Senate; Table 2.9a Interpellations Addressed to the Foreign Affairs Ministry from the Chamber of Deputies; Table 2.9b Interpellations to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from the Senate; Table 2.10 Effectiveness of Oversight Tools in the 14th Legislature; Table 2.11 Logit Models, with Oversight Tools and Democracy; II. OVERSIGHT AND THE BUDGET PROCESS Figure 3.1 Heart of Executive-Legislative Relations: The Budget ProcessBox 3.1 Brazilian Congress and the Budget Process; Box 3.2 Ghana's Parliament and Introducing Value Added Tax; Table 3.1 Legislatures' Powers to Amend the Budget; Box 3.3 The Polish Parliament's Budget Research Office; Figure 3.2 Fiduciary Obligation; Box 3.4 Enhancing Financial Transparency by Broadening Access to Information; Box 3.5 Analyzing the Political Context; Figure 4.1 Model of a Controlled Process; Table 5.1 Spearman Correlations between Indices; Figure 5.1 Index of Legislative Budget Institutions Table 5.2 Comparison of Budget-Amending and Non-Budget-Amending Legislatures |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782565503321 |
| Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2008] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Strategic Responsiveness : How Congress Confronts Presidential Power
| Strategic Responsiveness : How Congress Confronts Presidential Power |
| Autore | Ainsworth Scott H |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 pages) |
| Disciplina | 328.3/456 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HarwardBrian M
MoffettKenneth W |
| Collana | Legislative Politics and Policy Making Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Executive-legislative relations - United States
Separation of powers - United States |
| ISBN | 0-472-90501-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911002590603321 |
Ainsworth Scott H
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| Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2025 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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