Making Aid Work: Towards Better Development Results
Practical guidance for parliamentarians
on the role of parliaments in development effectiveness
Commissioned by the Inter-Parliamentary Union in collaboration with the Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness (CDDE) Facility and developed by Alan Hudson, Leni Wild, Julia Weinstock and Claire Dilliway in January 2010
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Table of Content
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Introduction
Who and what this guide is for
How to use this guide
Part1. Parliament and accountability for development
Ensuring that aid and other resources contribute to development
Accountability matters; Domestic accountability matters most
The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
Accountability, Parliament and the policy cycle
Part 2. Parliamentary engagement in the policy process: What you can do
Preparation and planning - representing citizens' interests
Introduction and key messages
Engage in consultations
Explore partnerships with civil society organisations, where appropriate
Implementation, legislation and budget scrutiny – responding to citizens’ demands
Scrutinise, debate and pass legislation
Scrutinise foreign loans
Exercise effective budget oversight
Review – monitoring outcomes and conducting effective oversight
Plan to monitor results
Access progress reports and review these in a parliamentary committee
Engage with citizens for community-level monitoring
Part 3. Parliaments in partnership: What you can ask others to do
Including Parliaments in the relationship between the Executive and donors
Putting more aid on budget so that Parliament can exercise effective oversight
Provide regular, detailed and timely information
Establish mechanisms for greater mutual accountability
Provide support to strengthen parliamentary capacity
Part 4 .Cross-cutting issues: Corruption and Gender
Combating corruption
Taking gender into account
Conclusions
References and Further Reading
