Preface                                                                                                      vii

1. Development and Governance Challenges in Bangladesh             13

      Ahmed Shafiqul Huque

1. Politics and Crime in Bangladesh                                                    25

      Masuda Kamal and M. Jahidul Islam

1. Power Imbalance and Electoral Violence in Bangladesh              41 

      Saifullah

1. Political Violence in the 2014 Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh                                                                                                             63 

      Md. Awal Hossain Mollah

1. Government Institutions and Protection of Water Bodies in Bangladesh                                                                                         81

      A K M Mahmudul Haque 

1. Health Status of Bangladeshi Migrant Workers                             91 

      Akib Bin Anwar and Shakirul Islam

1. Annual Performance Agreement in Bangladesh                           109

      Miskat Jahan

1. Cyber Risk Identification and Governance                                   119 

                                                            Md. Anamul Habib and Md. Idris Ali

1. Litigation Delay and Judicial Administration in Bangladesh     129

      Abdur Rahman Zibol

1. Comprehensive Village Development and Cooperative Organizations                                                                                                           143

      M. Kamrul Hasan

1. Remittance, Microcredit and Rural Development

      in Bangladesh                                                                                   153

      Md. Mansur Hossen and Kawser Hamid

1. Agroforestry and Smallholders Livelihood Development            169

      Md. Ramzan Ali, Md. Shahadat Hosen

      Md. Sumon Reza, Abdullah al-Mamun and

      Zobayer Ahmed

Contributors

A K M Mahmudul Haque, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Email: akmmahmudul@yahoo.com

Abdullah al-Mamun, Assistant Conservator of Forest, Bangladesh Forest Department, Dhaka, Bangladesh.  Email: almamun.0022@gmail.com

Abdur Rahman Zibol, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Former Joint District & Sessions Judge. Email: abdurrahmanzibol@gmail.com

Akib Bin Anwar, Research and Communication Officer, Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program (OKUP), Dhaka, Bangladesh. E-mail: rco.okup@ gmail.com

Kawser Hamid, Research Assistant, Centre for Administrative Research and Innovation (CARI), University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Email: kawserhamiddu@gmail.com

M. Jahidul Islam, Lecturer, Department of Public Administration, Stamford University, Bangladesh.

M. Kamrul Hasan, Joint Director, Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Kotbari, Comilla, Bangladesh. Email: hasan. kamrul17@yahoo.com  

Masuda Kamal, Professor, Department of Public Administration and Ex- Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Comilla University, Bangladesh.

Md. Anamul Habib, Assistant Professor (Former), School of Business Studies, Southeast University, Bangladesh. Email: anamulhabibsohel@ gmail.com

Md. Awal Hossain Mollah, Associate Professor and former Chair, Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.  Email: awal.h2007@gmail.com

Md. Idris Ali, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, BGMEA University, Bangladesh (Currently at York University), 5 Pin Lane, Scarborough, Toronto, M1J0A5, Canada. Email: mdidrisali@gmail.com

Md. Mansur Hossen, Research Assistant, Centre for Administrative Research and Innovation (CARI), University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.  Email: mansurhossen82@gmail.com

Md. Ramzan Ali, Assistant Director, Dept. of Off-site Supervision, Bangladesh Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Email: ramzanfor@gmail.com, ramzan.ali@bb.org.bd

Md. Shahadat Hosen, Project Coordinator, Society for Health Extension and Development Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Email: shahadat59@ gmail.com

Md. Sumon Reza, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. Email: msreza.sust@yahoo.com, msreza-fes@sust.edu

Miskat Jahan, Research Assistant, Development Research Initiative Dhaka, Bangladesh. Email: mishkat97jahan@gmail.com

Saifullah, MSS Student, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Email: Saifullah8109@ gmail.com

Shakirul Islam, Chairman and Lead Researcher, Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program (OKUP), Dhaka, Bangladesh.        E-mail:okup.ent@ gmail.com

Zobayer Ahmed, Faculty, Dept. of Economics & Banking, International Islamic University, Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Email:  ecozobayer@gmail.com