The
third IRBD, Crisis
in Governance, produced
in 1997, was a departure
from the preceding two IRBDs in
the sense that it was the
first time that the IRBD focused
on a cross-cutting thematic issue
which in this case was governance.
The IRBD team members felt,
and this was also raised during
discussions over the first two
IRBDs, that many of the problems
constraining the performance
of Bangladesh economy, both at
the macro and micro level,
actually originated in a shared
failure of governance. IRBD
1997 thus attempted to identify
major governance problems in the
various sectors of the economy,
drawing attention to both weaknesses
in policy design and implementation, the
problems originating from the
lack of transparency and accountability
in the administration of development
and examined the role of the existing
institutions in addressing these
problems. The IRBD examined the
sensitivity of the ongoing reform
agenda to the presence and possible
resolution of such essentially
political problems. With a view
to identifying modalities of improving
the quality of governance in the
Bangladesh context, a
redefinition
of the role of existing institutions
and the need for new institutions
was also examined. Twelve separate
chapters of lRBD 1997 were devoted
to an analysis of governance issues
in the various areas of the Bangladesh
economy, whilst a separate chapter
was devoted to a discussion on
the concept of governance in the
Bangladesh context which provided
a framework for the sectoral analyses.
Contents
of IRBD 1997
Chapter
1
OVERVIEW
Rehman
Sobhan
Chapter
2
GOVERNANCE
AND DEVELOPMENT
M.M.
Akash
Chapter
3
MACROECONOMIC
MANAGEMENT AND REFORMS: ISSUES
IN GOVERNANCE
Wahiduddin
Mahmud
Chapter
4
THE
STATE OF GOVERNANCE IN BANGLADESH'S
BANKING SECTOR: PERSPECTIVES ON
THE REFORM MEASURES
Debapriya
Bhattacharya
Chapter
5
FISCAL
MANAGEMENT AND MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Omar
Haider Chowdhury
Chapter
6
POLITICS
OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Binayak
Sen
Chapter
7
EXTERNAL
SECTOR PERFORMANCE IN FY 1997:
AN UPDATE
M.
Ali Rashid
Mustafizur
Rahman
Chapter
8
MANAGEMENT
OF IMPORT LIBERALIZATION AND EXPORT
PROMOTION STRATEGIES IN BANGLADESH
M.
Ali Rashid
Mustafizur
Rahman
Chapter
9
MANAGING
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: UREA
DISTRIBUTION AND PRICING
Abu
Abdullah
Nigar
Nargis
Chapter
10
MANAGEMENT
OF WATER RESOURCES IN BANGLADESH
Quazi
Shahabuddin
Chapter
11
ALTERNATIVE
INSTITUTIONAL FORMS FOR OPERATING
DTWs AND THE FUTURE OF DTW IRRIGATION
Rushidan
Islam Rahman
Chapter
12
MANAGING
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: PUBLIC
EXPENDITURE, EXTENSION AND RESEARCH
Jahangir
Alam
Chapter
13
HAS
THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR OF BANGLADESH
EXPERIENCED DOWNTURN DURING 95/96-96/97?
A REVIEW OF PERTINENT EMPIRICAL
EVIDENCE
Zaid
Bakht
Chapter
14
EDUCATION
AND GOVERNANCE IN BANGLADESH
Muzaffer
Ahmad
Chapter
15
GOVERNANCE
OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN BANGLADESH
Abul
Barkat
Chapter
16
MANAGEMENT
OF POPULATION PROGRAMME
M.
Ataharul Islam
Chapter
17
WHEN
BOTH MARKET AND STATE FAIL: THE
CRISIS OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
IN URBAN BANGLADESH
M.
Asaduzzaman
Sayed
A. Hye
Chapter
18
QUALITY
OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN BANGLADESH
Salahuddin
Ahmad
Nurul
Huq
Syed
Makbul Hossain
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