Good Governance
Now, more than ever, we need governments to be acting as global citizens, thinking of international aid as a stepping stone to prosperity and planning for a long-term mission to strengthen international financial institutions. Hard choices for many countries - and their partners - lie ahead.
on 09.10.20
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NEW STRATEGIES FOR TAX If we’re to rebound quickly after the COVID Crash, we need clarity on the path to pay down debt. Taxes on the most fortunate are one option policymakers will consider.
on 09.10.20
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As the world fights to combat COVID-19, the Fourth Industrial Revolution holds the promise of technologies to help us battle the pandemics of today and the future. But governments will have to master how to safely share the data.
on 09.10.20
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COVID-19 has turned the public focus back towards the state: citizens around the world are looking to their governments and their ability to deal with the pandemic and its social and economic ramifications.
on 09.10.20
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Interview with Martin Ziguélé, MP, Chair of the Finance, Economic and Planning Committee, Central African National Assembly
on 06.07.17
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Interview with Pauline NDOUMOU, MP, Quaestor of the National Assembly of Cameroon
on 22.05.17
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The Parliamentary Network Secretariat had a chance to sit down with Senator from Belgium, Honourable Alain Destexhe. He is the former Chair of the PN, and has seen much in terms of the global development debate in his time as a legislator and practitioner.
on 29.02.16
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The Parliamentary Network Secretariat had a chance to sit down with Senator Joy Gwendo. She was elected to the Board of PN at the 2015 GPC in Washington, D.C. Senator Gwendo is a champion of women's empowerment and a successful journalist
on 25.11.15
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The Parliamentary Network Secretariat had a chance to sit down with Honourable Pana Pappas Merchant from Canada. She was re-elected to the Board of PN as an established Senator with robust experiences in international development.
on 08.09.15
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The Parliamentary Network Secretariat had a chance to sit down with Honourable Mauricio Lizcano Arango from Colombia. He was elected to the Board of PN as a young leader with a fresh perspective on international cooperation and development.
on 06.08.15
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The Parliamentary Network Secretariat had a chance to sit down with recently re-elected MP from the UK, Jeremy Lefroy. He was also re-elected as the Chair of the PN as a leader and staunch supporter of its objectives and coming work plan for the next two years.
on 03.07.15
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A lot has been said and written about the Tunisian Revolution, and you must know a lot at this point. I hope today that I can not only help you understand it better, but more importantly, talk about the future and what we need to protect this democracy which is in its early days of […]
on 03.07.15
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Ceyhun Osmanli is a member of the parliament of Azerbaijan since 2010, part of the International Relations and Inter-parliamentary Relations committee of Mili Majlis. He founded the Azerbaijan Volunteers’ Public Union which he presided from 2000 until 2006, and established the first Youth Parliament in the Caucasus in 200
on 17.10.13
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Yusuf Zi Irbec is a Turkish academic and politician, currently deputy of Antalya with the MHP. He is an executive board member of the Parliamentarians for Global Action and a clark member of the European Unio Commission in the Turkish Parliament. He founded the Public Research Foundation (KAV) and is one of its Trustees. H
on 17.10.13
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Julio Cesar Valentin is a Dominican lawyer and politician. He was President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2006 to 2010, and now serves as Senator. He is the Vice-President of a Provincial Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and a member of its Central Committee. He is part of the Citizen Security Commission
on 17.10.13
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Nathan Nandala-Mafabi is a Ugandan Member of Parliament with the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). He is part of the Appointments Committee. Since 2011 he is the leader of the opposition and the Chairman of Bugisu Corporation Union. He also a financial management consultant and tax consultant by profession, and holds unive
on 17.10.13
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Tarun Vijay is a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament. He is an Indian author, social worker, and famous freelance journalist. He was the editor of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) weekly in Hindi, Panchajanya from 1986 to 2008, and is a columnist of The Times of India. He also writes for th
on 17.10.13
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Jeremy Lefroy is a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament. Since his election in 2010, he serves in the International Development Selected committee and also served in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee. After ten years in Tanzania working in the coffee industry, he returned to the UK and worked assisting sm
on 17.10.13
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Egidijus Vareikis has been a Christian Democrat member of the Parliament of Lithuania since 2000, and is currently a board member of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF. He obtained a Chemistry PHD in 1989, studied journalism in Canada and the USA, and graduated from the Institute of High International Studi
on 01.10.13
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Hon. Irene Naa Torshie Addo is a lawyer by profession and currently the 1st Deputy Minority whip in the Parliament of Ghana. She was born on the 30th of September 1970. She read law in the University of Ghana – Legon and was called to the Ghana Bar in 1996. In 1998–1999, she completed a Master’s […]
on 01.10.13
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Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Gören Pettersson graduated from the Swedish Military Academy, the Swedish Army’s General staff and War College, and holds a Master of Science in Electronic Warfare from the United States Naval Postgraduate School. His most recent active duty position in the Armed Forces is general staff officer
on 01.10.13
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Called to the Senate of Canada on December 12, 2002, Ms. Pana Pappas Merchant is the first Greek born woman to serve in Canada’s Upper Chamber. Elementary and junior high school teacher, and later businesswoman, Ms. Merchant has played an active role in cultural, political, and advocacy groups in Saskatchewan. She was a
on 01.10.13
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The 2010 Parliamentary Network Annual Conference and 10th anniversary celebrations will take place from 2-4 December 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.
on 05.04.11
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