Handbook on Parliamentarians and Policies to Reduce Poverty (2001)

In 2001 the Parliamentary Centre in collaboration with the World Bank Institute (WBI), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) developed a handbook for parliamentarians on policies to reduce poverty, thus making a practical reference to available to parliamentarians and CSOs interested in strengthening parliamentarian’s role in the policy process.

Handbook on Parliamentary Oversight on Gender Equity

This handbook is designed to assist parliamentarians in carrying out their oversight role on gender by developing a better understanding of the concept, providing a summary of the budget cycle process, discussing gender budgeting, and examining the gender dimensions in parliamentary committees, as well as suggestions for changing attitudes as a strategy for achieving gender equality.

Parliament, Politics and AIDS: A Comparative Study of Five African Countries

This study, in part, responds directly to concerns from African parliamentarians as regards to what various parliaments across Africa are doing about HIV/AIDS in a number of countries. This research also contributes key recommendations to strengthen the role of parliamentarians in the fight against the pandemic. Parliamentarians are leaders in society and have both the mandate and the public confidence to act in the interests of the community and respond to the HIV crisis. Parliamentarians vote for the Budget and can command the influence and resources required to improve the national response to HIV/AIDS in their countries. As representatives of the people, parliamentarians are in a unique position to set an example, raise awareness of HIV and spur others into action.

Controlling Corruption: A Parliamentarian's Handbook (2005)

This is the third edition of this Handbook originally published by the Parliamentary Centre and the World Bank Institute. Controlling Corruption rests on the 1998 Laurentian Seminar participant’s assertion that the institution of parliament and parliamentarians are crucial in serving as a bridge between state andsociety and in implementing and/or strengthening the good governance values of accountability, transparency andparticipation. It also claims that parliaments play a key and a leadership role in encouraging good governance and, furthermore, that parliaments and parliamentarians need to work regionally and internationally in order to effect change.

Parliamentary Accountability and Good Governance - A Parliamentarian's Handbook (2000)

This handbook was prepared by the Parliamentary Centre in partnership with the World Bank Institute. The handbook contains a collection of essays that focuses on parliamentary accountability, the role of parliament as an important link in the chain of accountability between government and citizens.