Regional Seminar on Parliament and Good Governance:
Towards a New Agenda for Strengthening Accountability in South Asia

Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 19-24, 1999

Jointly organised by Transparency International (Bangladesh) and the Parliamentary Centre (Canada), in partnership with the World Bank institute, with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (The Netherlands)

1. Introduction
2. Programme
3. The Ecology of Governance, Accountability and Parliament
4. Concept Paper of TI-B: Governance, Parliament and Participation
5. Main Points from the Presentation by Mr Shafqat Mahmood, Senate of Pakistan
6. Electoral Transparency – Empowering Citizens to Make an Informed Choice
7. The Council-Manager Form of Government
8. State of Governance in Sri Lanka
9. A Framework for a New Organisation to Fight Corruption in Bangladesh
10. Ms Karmacharya, Member of Parliament (Nepal)
11. Concept Paper of TI-Nepal: Development of Political Process and Good Governance in Nepal
12. Address by the Honourable Deputy Speaker at the Closing Lunch on 24th March 1999
13. Recommendations
14. African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption: A Declaration Made at Kampala, Uganda, 5 February 1999
15. Final List of Participants