ABSTRACT

This chapter makes a comparative review of the role of committees in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka and reports the findings of the study based on the observations and results drawn from the previous chapters. The objective of this research is to analyze the role of parliamentary committees in securing government accountability in contemporary Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. The dependent variable in this study is government/executive accountability, which is believed to be dependent upon certain factors such as political context, institutional evolution, design and rules and cultural configuration of a society.