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100 _aKinyondo, Abel
245 _aReturn on training investment in Parliaments: The need for change in the Pacific region
260 _c2012
300 _ap.576-592.
362 _aJul
520 _aDespite substantial investment in training in Pacific parliaments, which has continued for more than a decade, parliamentary performance for many countries in the region has barely improved. Indeed, Pacific parliaments are still widely regarded as weak. The inability of training programmes to improve parliamentary performance in several areas of the Pacific led the researcher to query whether training providers are concentrating their resources on the right people. Using a multi-case design that used interviews in five Pacific parliamentsï¾—Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Tonga and Vanuatuï¾—the author argues that training providers should give priority to parliamentary staff rather than members ofparliaments. - Reprodu
650 _aParliament
650 _aTraining
773 _aParliamentary Affairs
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