Documentary Evidence and Legislative Formulation: Insights from the Social Development Commission

Abstract

The article analyzes the use of evidence from different sources as an input to support the legislative initiatives presented in the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico. In a highly politicized environment such as the legislative field , the incorporation of monitoring, evaluation and auditing instruments represent useful tools not only for the development of legislative initiatives and proposals , but also to inform and enrich the debate, in a context where different ideologies systematically converge . The proposed hypothesis establishes that the use of evidence is still an underutilized resource in legislative work in Mexico . Through a case study , the main sources of information explicitly referred to in the legislative initiatives presented to the Social Development Commission of the Chamber of Deputies during the lx , lxi and lxii legislatures are analyzed . The most relevant finding is that the use of evidence is an underutilized resource in legislative work in Mexico .