Towards Good Governance in South-Asia: An Introduction 7
Juha Vartola, Ismo Lumijärvi, Mohammed Asaduzzaman
Governance and Development Discourse in Bangladesh: 19
A Diagnostic Assessment of Challenges and Concerns
Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman
Problems and Prospects of Good Governance in Bangladesh 41
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Integrated Governance in Sri Lanka: A Conceptual Myth or 65
a Practical Reality?
Ramanie Samaratunge, Ken Coghill
Policy and Politics of Preference: The Quota System in the 85
Bangladesh Civil Service1
Habib M. Zafarullah
Decentralization in Nepal and Adoption of Citizen Charter for 105
Improving Service Delivery in Municipalities in Nepal
Tek Nath Dhaka
Of Bureaucracy as Circus Ringmasters in Administrative 129
Reforms: Notes on India
Amita Singh
Public Service Accessibility to Indigenous Community: 143
A Case of Santhal Community in Nepal
Shree Krishna Shrestha
Decentralization and New Public Management: 161
An analysis in Bangladesh and Nepal Professor Juha
Vartola, Professor Ismo Lumijärvi
Dr. Mohammed Asaduzzaman
Governance in Administration and Judiciary in Bangladesh 187
Mohammad Mohabbat Khan
Multi-Level Education Policy Governance in Sri Lanka: 199
Prospects and Challenges
Renuka Priyantha
Local Government Reforms in Bangladesh:
Hazy Policy Landscape 225
Mohammad Habibur Rahman
The Changing Role of Government: Reform of Public 241
Sector Undertakings (PSUs)
Shipra Bhatia
Decentralisation Reform and People’s Participation: 271
Empirical Observations from the Philippines
Risako ISHII and Farhad HOSSAIN
Analyzing Parliamentary Election of 2008 in 291
Bangladesh and its Aftermath
shtiaq Jamil, PhD, Pranab Kumar Panday, PhD
Author’s biography