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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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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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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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 World Bank Bangladesh - Curbing Corruption and Strengthening Governance : A Note on Strengthening Anticorruption Initiatives |
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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. |
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Economic & Sector Work :: Legal and Judicial Sector Assessment |
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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 |
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Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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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 |
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