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Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth Vol. XCIV
2013: Issue Four ISSN 0031-2282
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Front cover
Collage of photographs taken from the 59th CPC in South Africa.
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Inside Issues Remembering a legend Page 236
View from the Chair Using the Charter as a blueprint for action Page 238
View from the CWP The fire for increased women participation in politics should only burn farther Page 240
View from the
Secretary-General Public health and Parliament Page 242
COMMENT 59th
COMMONWEALTH JOHANNESBURG,
First Plenary: Page 246
Making a commitment to representative parliamentary democracy
Page 250 Workshop A:
Land access and ownership: progress and challenges experienced by rural communities in accessing land. What could be the role and intervention of Parliamentarians?
Page 254 Workshop B: Page 258
Workshop C: Challenges of attaining the
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Should there be parliamentary intervention in the informal economy and entrepreneurship sectors?
Democracy and development in the context of the Commonwealth Charter and achieving the Millennium Development Goals
Workshop D:
Inequitable resource sharing: a threat to democractic governance Page 266
Workshop E: Role of Parliamentarians in transfer of technology and research to boost agricultural productivity Page 270
Workshop F:
Governing democratically in a tech-empowered world: deepening partnerships between Parliaments and parliamentary monitoring organisations (PMOs) Page 274
Workshop G:
Separation of powers and good governance Page 278
Millennium Development Goals by 2015
Workshop H:
Policy solutions for caring for an ageing population Page 282
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