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checks and balances

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checks and balances
pl n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Government chiefly US competition and mutual restraint among the various branches of government


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Collier (2007) uses Nigeria as an example of the benefits of institutions providing checks and balances on the distribution of resource rents.
The constitution was based on the federal model of government, complete with a series of checks and balances among three branches of government.
Motivity's SafeGuard package provides a safety net to catch any oversights within a lender's internal checks and balances, and acts as a monitor of changes in government policies so that lenders can be more confident in processing government loans.
 
 
 
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