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Parliamentary Oversight and Social Accountability

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Parliamentary oversight is one of the cornerstones of democracy. John Stuart Mill asserted that the most appropriate tasks of a representative body are to : oversee and clarify the government actions, compel the executive to provide explanations for its activities and jurisdiction for its deeds. A comparative study by Inter- Parliamentary Union defined Parliamentary oversight as the , “the review monitoring and supervision of government and public agencies including the implementation of policy and legislation†.

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  • BRAC University, 2016. "Parliamentary Oversight and Social Accountability," Working Papers id:8954, eSocialSciences.
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