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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

10. Conclusion

Authors : Shuvra Chowdhury, Pranab Kumar Panday

Published in: Strengthening Local Governance in Bangladesh

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The main thrust of this book was to analyze the role of reforms in enhancing people’s participation with the expectation that increased participation would hold the elected representatives accountable for their actions. Through this process, the Local Government Institutions (LGIs) would be strengthened in Bangladesh. In the previous chapters, various issues relating to contextualization of these issues in the context of this book have been made, evolution of LGIs and different reform initiatives in this regard have been analyzed, and the role of reforms in enhancing people’s participation in the decision-making process as well as holding people’s representatives accountable for their actions have been analyzed. This chapter draws conclusions based on explanations made in previous chapters. An attempt is specifically made in this chapter is to explain to what extent legal reforms have been successful in strengthening local governance in general and people’s participation and accountability in particular. It also provides suggestions for further initiatives that are necessary to strengthen local governance in Bangladesh.

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Footnotes
1
The concept “governance” here is limited in its three major components: process, contents, and deliverables. Here process is about transparency and accountability, content is about equity and justice, i.e. content of goods and services must designed for the needy and real beneficiaries, and delivery means delivery of basic services to those for whom the content has been designed.
 
2
For detail see Chap. 3; Sect. 3.​2.​4
 
3
The WS and OBM of Kakina UP are a successful example that has been organized by the UP functionaries.
 
4
The Local Government (Union Parishad) Act, 2009 and Union Parishad Operational Manual, 2012.
 
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Metadata
Title
Conclusion
Authors
Shuvra Chowdhury
Pranab Kumar Panday
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Strengthening Local Governance in Bangladesh

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-73283-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-73284-8

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73284-8_10

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