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Parliaments, budgets and aid: Accountability and effectiveness

16 May 2007 12:00-13:30 (GMT+00) - Public event, London

  • The third meeting in this series asked what role parliaments can and should play in overseeing budgets and in enhancing aid effectiveness. It examineed how relations with donors and international financial institutions impact on the ability of parliaments to exercise effective budget/aid oversight. It also looked at how civil society organisations have worked with parliaments to help them to exercise such oversight.

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    Speakers:
    Martin Powell    , World Development Movement and International Parliamentarians’ Petition
    Joachim Wehner, Lecturer in public choice and public policy, Government Department, London School of Economics
    Discussant:
    Edward Leigh MP, Chair, Public Accounts Committee
    Chair:
    Sally Keeble MP, Secretary, Africa APPG

     

  • An ODI and Africa All Party Parliamentary Group public event in the Parliaments and development: How can parliaments in developing countries contribute to poverty reduction? series.

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