ABSTRACT

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.

摘要

本文旨在确定解释议会成员如何使用在乌干达收集的独特经验数据改进预算审查的因素。研究了两个标志着改进的实例。首先，2001 年预算法案设立了议会预算委员会，该委员会对非洲标准具有很大的权限。其次，2012 年卫生预算的变化，这是议会对预算进行重大修订的罕见情况。分析表明，政治企业家利用机会之窗建立变革联盟。机会之窗在民间社会组织的一次活动中打开。在一个拥有强大执行系统和强大支持的国家，此后的过程改进了立法预算审查。有两个因素已被证明具有影响力，但在当前文献中未被充分研究，