Strengthening Local Governance in Bangladesh Reforms, Participation and Accountability /

• Main Authors: Chowdhury, Shuvra (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Panday, Pranab Kumar (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Public Administration, Governance and Globalization ; 8
• Subjects: Public administration.; Democracy.; Asia-Politics and government.; Economic policy.; Public Administration.; Asian Politics.; Development Policy.

This book explores the impact of Bangladesh's Local Government Act of 2009 on the functioning of the local governments or Union Parishads (UP), with a particular emphasis on people's participation and accountability.  Throughout the chapters, the authors review the existing legal framework...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
•  Chapter 2: Policy Impact Study: A Conceptual Framework
•  Chapter 3: Past Reforms on People's Participation and Accountability in Bangladesh
•  Chapter 4:  Governance, People's Participation, Accountability and the Act of 2009
•  Chapter 5: Process of Participatory Planning and Budgeting at the Local Level
•  Chapter 6:  Ensuring Social Accountability through Public Forums
•  Chapter 7:  Ensuring Transparency Through Citizen Charter and Rights to Information
•  Chapter 8:  Role of Administrative and Political Culture in Civic Engagement
•  Chapter 9:  Challenges of Innovations in Public Management in the Third World Countries
•  Chapter 10: Conclusions.