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Parliamentary monitoring in Indonesia: Limited transparency and unmeaningful participation

  • Eryanto Nugroho, Rizky Argama, Fajri Nursyamsi & Choris Satun Nikmah,

It’s been a bleak five years for legislative processes and transparency in Indonesia and that’s unlikely to change.

Making Sri Lanka’s parliament answerable, transparent and relevant: The role of Manthri.lk

  • Tasha Goonewardene, Udan Fernando & Nevanka de Silva Jayatilleke,

Amid sometimes chaotic governance, civil society provides a level of transparency about the work of parliament.

‘Varieties of Civil Society Across Asia’, edited by Akihiro Ogawa and Anthony J. Spires

  • Assistant Professor Yoojin Koo,

This book intriguingly uncovers Asian civil societies that are not well explained by Western frameworks.

Myanmar’s political turmoil: The struggle for legitimacy, representation, and accountability

  • Alec*,

Civil society is struggling to provide a measure of parliamentary transparency in chaotic circumstances.

The struggle for parliamentary transparency in Mongolia since the adoption of democracy

  • Enkhbadral Myagmar & Geser Ganbaatar,

For three decades, Mongolia has maintained its status as a democracy, but there is growing evidence of backsliding.

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