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Study Report on Corporate Governance in Bangladesh: How Best to Institutionalize it, Critical Practices and Procedures
Report, Academic/Think TankThis study examines the state of corporate governance (CG) in Bangladesh. Since the early 1990s, CG has been receiving increasing attention from regulatory bodies and practitioners worldwide. Corporate sectors are still in its initial stage; nevertheless awareness of the importance of CG is growing. Bangladesh's small size and lack of natural resources have...
Accountability Arrangements to Combat Corruption: a Note on Research Methodology for Combating Corruption
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Book, Corruption, Europe and CIS, Academic/Think TankThis document provides information about the research agenda and methods used to investigate corruption in the infrastructure sector. It presents a combination of qualitative and quantitative research techniques to analyse corruption in the infrastructure sector. This methodology was selected to allow contextual analysis of real life situations based on multiple sources of evidence...
Tracking public resources and measuring informal payments in Bangladesh: Lessons from the Bangladesh Social Sector Performance Surveys
Asia and the Pacific, Corruption, Public Administration, Report, Civil SocietyOxford Policy Management has recently undertaken Social Sector Performance Surveys in the Primary and Secondary Education Sectors in Bangladesh. The SSPS assesses whether public resources reach the service providers, and how effectively they deliver key social services. This briefing note focuses on the key findings and identifies the main lessons learned. The surveys covered primary and...
Legal Framework and Citizen Participation in South Asia Regional Report
Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Local Governance and Decentralization, Political Parties, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThis document is part of a global research initiative undertaken by the Institute of Development Studies, the Ford Foundation and some regional partners through the LOGO Link programme.The document reviews legal frameworks in Bangladesh, India and Nepal to facilitate comparative analysis among various forms of citizen direct and indirect participation. The ancient and rich civilisation of...
Measuring Empowerment? Ask Them
Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Human Rights, Report, Civil SocietyProcesses of development and social change are never easy to measure though, and results can be elusive and difficult to evaluate. It is easier to count schools than to measure the impact of education. However, there are from time to time innovative and cutting edge efforts made to measure the “immeasurable”, and in Bangladesh we found one such example. This paper presents the...
Local Governance Self-Assessment - Guidelines for facilitators
Framework, Local Governance and Decentralization, Civil SocietyThis frameworkt contains two half-day sessions for raising awareness about community level local governance self-assessment. Annexes include general tips for facilitators, a questionnaire to assess local governance at community and higher levels, sample flashcards, and a format for developing a Local Governance Improvement Plan. The main objective of the community level local...