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Institutional & Governance Review Anti-Corruption Report Financial Accountability Assessment Procurement Assessment Survey on Urban Service Delivery Survey of households, businesses and civil servants on governance-related issues
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Energy Sector Financial Sector Education Sector Health Sector
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Role of state: wide-scale nationalization post-independence Tight control over resources by the elite – patronage network dating back to the military dictatorship Heavy reliance on personal networks, resulting in pervasive patron-client relationships Well organized interest groups influence political decisions
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Significant discrepancy between private agendas and public agendas The poor lack “voice” and often have to attach themselves to a patron to survive Grudging acceptance of the growing plunder of state resources Confrontational political environment
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Internal organization of the major political parties controlled by a handful of leaders, who are often dictatorial and discourage dissent The judiciary: recourse to courts is costly and risky Deteriorating law & order: police as predators not protectors Politicization and corruption of the civil service
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Reorient the role of Government Energize administrative reform Strengthening systems of accountability: parliament, C&AG, police, judiciary Decentralize Strengthen civil society
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World class non-governmental organizations (BRAC, Grameen, etc) Emergence of a new breed of private sector entrepreneurs Growth of independent research organizations and think tanks Rapid expansion of basic education Thriving and increasingly independent press
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Awami League defeated in national elections in October 2001 BNP coalition elected with a two- thirds majority: ran on a platform to improve governance and law and order Approved publication of several governance-related documents Discussions underway to support a “Governance Improvement Credit”
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PROSHIKA (A large Bangladeshi NGO) 40 Community-Based Organizations Survey & Research Systems (SRS) Public Affairs Center (Bangalore) AUSAID, CIDA, Netherlands, UNDP and USAID
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