Democratic Governance
DFID-UNDP-WBI Consultation on Parliamentary Development and Financial Accountability

Presentations

Monday, May 21

Presentations for Session II “Review of Recent Evaluations and Reviews of Parliamentary Development”

• Jonathan Murphy UNDP Consultant (UNDP evaluations of the Global Programme for Parliamentary Strengthening, GPPS)
• Alan Hudson, ODI (ODI; DFID Evaluation of Parliamentary Strengthening in Developing Countries)
• Niklas Enander, SIDA (SIDA’s Evaluation of their parliamentary development programmes)

Presentations for Session III “Developing Normative Frameworks for Parliamentary Development”

• Norah Babic, IPU (on the IPU publication on Parliament and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to Good Practice)

Presentations for Session IV “Measuring Progress in Parliamentary Development”

• Rasheed Draman, Canadian Parliamentary Centre (work on effective parliaments)
• Keith Schulz, USAID (USAID experience on indicators).

Tuesday, May 22

Presentations for Session V “Strengthening Parliament’s Role in Financial Governance”

• Joachim Wehner, LSE (on recent LSE/DFID study on “Strengthening Legislative Financial Scrutiny in Developing Countries”)
• Barry Anderson, OECD (on the experience with legislative budget offices)
• Mzwanele Mfunwa, UNECA (on “The Role of African Parliaments in the Budgetary Processes”)

Presentations for Session VI “Parliamentary Mechanisms of Budget Oversight and Financial Control”

• Rick Stapenhurst, WBI (on recent book on Parliaments and Curbing Corruption)
• Albert Van Zyl, IBP (International Budget Project)