DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS IN DISSEMINATING PARLIAMENTARY INFORMATION IN ZIMBABWE: CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHALLENGES

Isaiah Munyoro; Archie L Dick

doi:10.25159/0027-2639/696

Authors

Isaiah Munyoro University of Pretoria
Archie L Dick University of Pretoria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25159/0027-2639/696

Keywords:

Development Partners, Civil Society Organisations, Information dissemination, Parliamentary Constituency Information Centres, Zimbabwe

Abstract

United Nations agencies and civil society organisations (CSOs) are working as development partners (DPs) with parliaments across the globe. They are engaged in activities to strengthen parliaments in both developed and developing countries. Data from a study that evaluated the performance of Zimbabweâ€™s Parliamentary Constituency Information Centres (PCICs) showed that DPs play important roles in disseminating parliamentary information to constituents. This article analyses the contributions by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), and the challenges they face in Zimbabwe.

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