LEADER 03981nam 22005895 450 001 9910299363303321 005 20230207071603.0 010 $a3-319-73284-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-73284-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000002485420 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5310047 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-73284-8 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000002485420 100 $a20180223d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aStrengthening Local Governance in Bangladesh$b[electronic resource] $eReforms, Participation and Accountability /$fby Shuvra Chowdhury, Pranab Kumar Panday 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (222 pages) 225 1 $aPublic Administration, Governance and Globalization,$x2512-2363 ;$v8 311 $a3-319-73283-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aThis book explores the impact of Bangladesh's Local Government Act of 2009 on the functioning of the local governments or Union Parishads (UP), with a particular emphasis on people?s participation and accountability.  Throughout the chapters, the authors review the existing legal framework of UP and its relation to social accountability, examine how much of the social participation is spontaneous and how much is politically induced, question the success of the Citizen's Charter and Right to Information acts as mechanisms for social accountability, and present suggestions to remedy some of the problems facing people's participation and accountability in the UP.  This book fills existing gaps in the discourse by adding new information to the literature on development research and legal reforms in Bangladesh, specifically in how those legal reforms have led to strengthening or weakening people's participation in local government.  The target audience for this book are students and researchers in Asian studies , international development studies, and public administration, as well as practitioners working in the local governments discussed.  . 410 0$aPublic Administration, Governance and Globalization,$x2512-2363 ;$v8 606 $aPublic administration 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aAsia?Politics and government 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aPublic Administration 606 $aPolitical Science 606 $aAsian Politics 606 $aDevelopment Studies 615 0$aPublic administration. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aAsia?Politics and government. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 14$aPublic Administration. 615 24$aPolitical Science. 615 24$aAsian Politics. 615 24$aDevelopment Studies. 676 $a320.95492 700 $aChowdhury$b Shuvra$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01058676 702 $aPanday$b Pranab Kumar$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910299363303321 996 $aStrengthening Local Governance in Bangladesh$92501932 997 $aUNINA