Bangladesh - Curbing Corruption and Strengthening Governance : A Note on Strengthening Anticorruption Initiatives

There is a growing consensus among development practitioners about the importance of governance to poverty reduction and economic growth, although there remains disagreement about the direction of causality. Poor governance manifests itself in incr...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Legal and Judicial Sector Assessment
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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spelling okr-10986-81042021-04-23T14:02:36Z Bangladesh - Curbing Corruption and Strengthening Governance : A Note on Strengthening Anticorruption Initiatives World Bank ACCOUNTABILITY ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION AGENCIES ANTICORRUPTION COMMISSION ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS APPOINTEES ASSETS BEST PRACTICE BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS CANDIDATES CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CODE OF CONDUCT COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS CONFIDENCE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CASES CORRUPTION OFFENCES CORRUPTION PREVENTION COURT DECISIONS COURT PROCEEDINGS COURT SYSTEM CREDIBILITY CRIMINAL CURBING CORRUPTION DECISION MAKING ELECTION EXISTING LEGAL FRAMEWORK FALSE DISCLOSURE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GRAND CORRUPTION INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY INFORMATION LEGISLATION INITIATIVE INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATORS INVESTOR CONFIDENCE JUDGES JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE JUDICIARY JUSTICES LACK OF TRANSPARENCY LAWS LAWYERS LEGAL FRAMEWORK MANDATE MANDATES MEDIA MONEY LAUNDERING OFFICIAL SECRETS PARLIAMENT POOR SERVICE DELIVERY PRIORITIES PROCUREMENT PROSECUTION PROSECUTIONS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC AUTHORITIES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTATIVES SANCTIONS SERVICE DELIVERY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENT PROCESS There is a growing consensus among development practitioners about the importance of governance to poverty reduction and economic growth, although there remains disagreement about the direction of causality. Poor governance manifests itself in increased corruption, poor service delivery, weak accountability and a crisis in citizens' confidence in the state. In Bangladesh, the governance challenges are interconnected and span a wide range of issues: weak public financial management, low revenue mobilization, an inefficient and weak procurement system, inadequate electoral laws including unregulated election financing that limits and distorts political competition, weak formal accountability systems including a dysfunctional Parliament and Judiciary, a lack of transparency in government decision making, and the permeation of partisan politics through all public institutions. A concerted effort to tackle these problems will require reforming formal institutions, laws, and processes but also developing strong mechanisms for accountability through civil society and the media, and sustaining the national consensus that has emerged that reforms must be implemented. The new Caretaker Government (CTG) has started this process in earnest and is to be commended for initiating actions in rebuilding core public institutions including the Anticorruption Commission (ACC). A multi-faceted approach is required to overcome Bangladesh's weaknesses and failures in governance, one which this note does not address in detail. The focus of this note is on strengthening anticorruption initiatives. 2012-06-14T21:01:08Z 2012-06-14T21:01:08Z 2007-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/16262706/bangladesh-curbing-corruption-strengthening-governance-note-strengthening-anticorruption-initiatives-bangladesh-curbing-corruption-strengthening-governance-note-strengthening-anticorruption-initiatives http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8104 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Legal and Judicial Sector Assessment Economic & Sector Work South Asia Bangladesh
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
ANTI-CORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION AGENCIES
ANTICORRUPTION COMMISSION
ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS
APPOINTEES
ASSETS
BEST PRACTICE
BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS
CANDIDATES
CIVIL SERVANTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CODE OF CONDUCT
COMPLAINT
COMPLAINTS
CONFIDENCE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION CASES
CORRUPTION OFFENCES
CORRUPTION PREVENTION
COURT DECISIONS
COURT PROCEEDINGS
COURT SYSTEM
CREDIBILITY
CRIMINAL
CURBING CORRUPTION
DECISION MAKING
ELECTION
EXISTING LEGAL FRAMEWORK
FALSE DISCLOSURE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GRAND CORRUPTION
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION
INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY
INFORMATION LEGISLATION
INITIATIVE
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATIONS
INVESTIGATORS
INVESTOR CONFIDENCE
JUDGES
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE
JUDICIARY
JUSTICES
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
LAWS
LAWYERS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
MANDATE
MANDATES
MEDIA
MONEY LAUNDERING
OFFICIAL SECRETS
PARLIAMENT
POOR SERVICE DELIVERY
PRIORITIES
PROCUREMENT
PROSECUTION
PROSECUTIONS
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
REPRESENTATIVES
SANCTIONS
SERVICE DELIVERY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPARENT PROCESS
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
ANTI-CORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION AGENCIES
ANTICORRUPTION COMMISSION
ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS
APPOINTEES
ASSETS
BEST PRACTICE
BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS
CANDIDATES
CIVIL SERVANTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CODE OF CONDUCT
COMPLAINT
COMPLAINTS
CONFIDENCE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION CASES
CORRUPTION OFFENCES
CORRUPTION PREVENTION
COURT DECISIONS
COURT PROCEEDINGS
COURT SYSTEM
CREDIBILITY
CRIMINAL
CURBING CORRUPTION
DECISION MAKING
ELECTION
EXISTING LEGAL FRAMEWORK
FALSE DISCLOSURE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GRAND CORRUPTION
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION
INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY
INFORMATION LEGISLATION
INITIATIVE
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATIONS
INVESTIGATORS
INVESTOR CONFIDENCE
JUDGES
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE
JUDICIARY
JUSTICES
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
LAWS
LAWYERS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
MANDATE
MANDATES
MEDIA
MONEY LAUNDERING
OFFICIAL SECRETS
PARLIAMENT
POOR SERVICE DELIVERY
PRIORITIES
PROCUREMENT
PROSECUTION
PROSECUTIONS
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
REPRESENTATIVES
SANCTIONS
SERVICE DELIVERY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPARENT PROCESS
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Bangladesh - Curbing Corruption and Strengthening Governance : A Note on Strengthening Anticorruption Initiatives
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Bangladesh
description There is a growing consensus among development practitioners about the importance of governance to poverty reduction and economic growth, although there remains disagreement about the direction of causality. Poor governance manifests itself in increased corruption, poor service delivery, weak accountability and a crisis in citizens' confidence in the state. In Bangladesh, the governance challenges are interconnected and span a wide range of issues: weak public financial management, low revenue mobilization, an inefficient and weak procurement system, inadequate electoral laws including unregulated election financing that limits and distorts political competition, weak formal accountability systems including a dysfunctional Parliament and Judiciary, a lack of transparency in government decision making, and the permeation of partisan politics through all public institutions. A concerted effort to tackle these problems will require reforming formal institutions, laws, and processes but also developing strong mechanisms for accountability through civil society and the media, and sustaining the national consensus that has emerged that reforms must be implemented. The new Caretaker Government (CTG) has started this process in earnest and is to be commended for initiating actions in rebuilding core public institutions including the Anticorruption Commission (ACC). A multi-faceted approach is required to overcome Bangladesh's weaknesses and failures in governance, one which this note does not address in detail. The focus of this note is on strengthening anticorruption initiatives.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Legal and Judicial Sector Assessment
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Bangladesh - Curbing Corruption and Strengthening Governance : A Note on Strengthening Anticorruption Initiatives
title_short Bangladesh - Curbing Corruption and Strengthening Governance : A Note on Strengthening Anticorruption Initiatives
title_full Bangladesh - Curbing Corruption and Strengthening Governance : A Note on Strengthening Anticorruption Initiatives
title_fullStr Bangladesh - Curbing Corruption and Strengthening Governance : A Note on Strengthening Anticorruption Initiatives
title_full_unstemmed Bangladesh - Curbing Corruption and Strengthening Governance : A Note on Strengthening Anticorruption Initiatives
title_sort bangladesh - curbing corruption and strengthening governance : a note on strengthening anticorruption initiatives
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/16262706/bangladesh-curbing-corruption-strengthening-governance-note-strengthening-anticorruption-initiatives-bangladesh-curbing-corruption-strengthening-governance-note-strengthening-anticorruption-initiatives
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