We are not the president’s ‘yes’ men and women: how legislative budget scrutiny improved in Uganda

• Loozekoot, André ^[1]
  1. [1] Erasmus University Rotterdam

     Erasmus University Rotterdam

     Países Bajos

     
• Localización: The Journal of legislative studies, ISSN 1357-2334, Vol. 27, Nº. 2, 2021, págs. 246-265
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2021.1909955
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• Resumen

  • This paper seeks to identify the factors that explain how members of parliament improved budget scrutiny using unique empirical data collected in Uganda. Two instances are studied that mark the improvements. First, the 2001 Budget Act that established the Parliamentary Budget Committee with large competencies for African standards. Second, the change in the 2012 Health Budget, a rare instance when parliament made significant budget amendments. The analysis reveals that political entrepreneurs used a window of opportunity to build a coalition for change. The window of opportunity opened at an event organised by civil society. The process that followed improved legislative budget scrutiny in a country with strong executive systems and strong patronage. Two factors have proven influential that are understudied in the current literature, civil society and female members of parliament.

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