Public Policy and Governance in Bangladesh

Nizam Ahmed is Professor of Public Administration at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

• Part One: Introduction1. Introduction Part Two: Governance, Public Policy and Parliament 2. The ‘holy grail’ of governance: Drivers, challenges and opportunities for developing countries 3. Bureaucratic capacity and the quality of government4. Public management in developing countries: Towards a new synthesis 5. Parliament and public legislation in Bangladesh Part Three: Cases of Public Policy6. Agenda shaping and accountability in public policies: An analysis of the food policy of Bangladesh 7. Ambitious plans, cautious implementation: Why has Bangladesh followed such half-hearted privatization policy? 8. External inducement, internal support: Explaining the health-sector policy gains in Bangladesh 9. Revisiting national forest policies in Bangladesh Part Four: Women in Governance and Public Administration10. Gender quotas and women’s representation in parliament: Lessons from Bangladesh 11. Openings and resistances: Women in Bangladesh civil service 12. Women’s participation in politics at the local level in Bangladesh: A perspective from good governance Part Five: Ethics, Innovation, and Public Service Delivery 13. Building an effective ethics infrastructure in the public service of Bangladesh 14. Road to e-governance and public service delivery in Bangladesh: How long is the journey? 15. Citizen’s charter and public service delivery in Bangladesh 16. Governance of NGOs in Bangladesh: Control mechanisms and their limitations