African parliamentary reform
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1. Introduction / Rick Stapenhurst and Rasheed Draman -- 2. Engaging civil society : Ghana's first public PAC hearing / Samuel Sallas-Mensah -- 3. Parliamentary research and information : the Ugandan parliament's budget office and parliamentary budget committee / Beatrice Kiraso Birungi with Wanyaka Samuel Huxley -- 4. Promoting gender equality in the Tanzanian parliament / Anne Makinda -- 5. Peace-building and national reconciliation : the role of the Rwandan parliament / Joseph Karemera -- 6. Reaching out to citizens : enhancing the opportunity for private members bills and creating constituency offices in Zambia / Given Lubinda -- 7. Promoting parliamentary reforms in the Kenyan parliament : we have come a long way / Peter Oloo Aringo -- 8. Benin : citizen participation in the national budget debate via the budget committee (a note) / Soule Adam -- 9. Strengthening financial accountability and parliamentary oversight in the Federal Republic of Ethiopia / Mesfin Mengistu -- 10. Rebuilding parliament in a conflict-affected country / Franklin Siakor -- 11. Changing the standing orders of parliament in Tanzania / Willibrod Slaa -- 12. The parliamentary public accounts committees in Nigerian states : structure, working practices and networking / Ben Ekeyi -- 13. Role model for the world : the formation of the African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) and its regional and global impact / Given Lubinda -- 14. The growth of constituency development funds in Africa and beyond : institutionalized rent-extraction or constituency-specific development assistance? / Mark Baskin and Rasheed Draman -- 15. Climate change : establishing a continental parliamentary task force / David Ebong -- 16. Strengthening public accounts committees through regional networks across Africa / John M. Cheyo -- 17. The role of parliamentarians in the governance of petroleum resources / Abdulkarim Mohammed -- 18. Conclusions / Andrew Imlach.