Part I Historical Background 19
1 Historical Roots: From Ancient to Modern Bangladesh 21
Introduction 21
Macro Analysis of Sub-Continent 21
Micro Analysis of the Historical Roots of Bangladesh 32
The Birth of Bangladesh 45
Conclusion 45
2 Linguistic Nationalism and the Emergence of Bangladesh 47
Introduction 47
Theoretical Analysis of Political Ideologies 48
The Political Ideology of Pakistan 50
Emergence of Language-Based Bengali Nationalism 54
The Blood Stained History of Bengali Nationalism 56
Bengali Nationalism: Replacing Islamic Ideology? 57
Conclusion 60
Part II Politics, Administration and Foreign Policy 63
3 Politics, Values and Development 65
Introduction 65
Understanding Values and Identity 65
The Theory of Values in Politics 73
Determinants of Political Development 80
Politics, Values and Bangladesh 83
The Remaking of Bangladesh’s Identity 87
Conclusion 91
4 Journey to Democracy: Towards A Snail’s Pace? 93
Introduction 93
Democracy: Conceptual Analysis 94
Crisscross of Bangladesh’s Democracy 97
Democracy in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities 100
Path towards Sustainable Democracy 105
Conclusion 108
5 Symbiosis between Power Politics and Administration 109
Introduction 109
Power, Politics and Political Administration: Theoretical Aspects 110
Political Implications of Power 115
Symbiosis between Power and Politics in Bangladesh 125
Conclusion 135
6 Good Governance through Administrative Decentralization 137
Introduction 137
Local Government and Decentralization: Conceptual Analysis 138
Local Government System in Bangladesh:
Genesis and Development 144
Various Forms of Decentralization 153
Towards a Viable Decentralization Paradigm for Bangladesh 156
Conclusion 161
7 Recruitment Strategy under Public Service Commission 163
Introduction 163
The Concept of Recruitment 164
A Profile of Bangladesh Public Service Commission 165
Recruitment Policies of PSC 168
Problems of Recruitment System 171
Overcoming the Problems: Measures and Recommendations 174
Conclusion 176
8 Economic Diplomacy: The Vehicle of Foreign Policy 177
Introduction 177
Economic Diplomacy and Foreign Policy: The Conceptual Issues 178
Economic Diplomacy: Rationale and Significance 185
Economic Diplomacy: Strategies for the Twenty First Century 195
Concluding Remarks 205
Part III: Economics and Development 207
9 Bangladesh Economy: Achievements and Impediments 209
Introduction 209
Structure of the Economy of Bangladesh 209
GDP Growth Trend 210
Savings and Investment 214
Aid Dependency and Domestic Resource Mobilization 215
Foreign Trade 218
Major Impediments and Measures to Overcome 220
Conclusion 223
10 Agriculture: the Nucleus of Bangladesh’s Economy 225
Introduction 225
Agriculture and Development: Theoretical Foundation 226
The Rural Development Strategy through Agriculture 230
An Overview of Bangladesh Agriculture 232
Constraints and Opportunities 236
Measures to overcome the Problems and How to 243
Realize the Potentials
Conclusion 247
11 Industrialization: Policies and Performance 249
Introduction 249
Conceptual Analysis 249
Industrialization in Developed Countries: History and Reasons 251
Industrialization of LDCs: Effective Strategies 253
Industrialization in Bangladesh: Policies and Performance 257
Overhauling and Evaluating the Industrialization Process 268
Conclusion 274
12 Privatization in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects 275
Introduction 275
Understanding Privatization 275
The Privatization Debate 277
Privatization in Bangladesh 283
Challenges and Opportunities of Privatization 289
Conclusion 293
13 Challenges of Rural Development 295
Introduction 295
Conceptual Issues 295
Historical Review of Rural Development Initiatives 297
Rural Development Activities 300
Evaluation of Rural Development Activities 304
Rural Development in Bangladesh: Constraints and
Recommendations 307
Concluding Remarks 311
14 Democracy and Economic Growth: Theoretical
Challenges and Implementation 313
Introduction 313
Methodology and Analytical Framework 313
The Linkage between Democracy and Growth:
Theoretical Challenges 314
Democracy and Growth: The Case of Bangladesh 317
Conclusion and Recommendations 323
15 Sustainomics as a Framework for Sustainable Development:
Relevance for Bangladesh 325
Introduction 325
Sustainomics Framework: Conceptual Analysis 326
Sustainomics: The Core Values 331
Sustainomics: Relevance for Bangladesh 335
Synthesizing Development Strategies within
Sustainomics Framework 340
Conclusion 346
Part IV Society, Ethnicity and NGOs 349
16 Social Development in Bangladesh: State of
Poverty Alleviation 351
Introduction 351
Poverty Alleviation: Government and Non-Government Programs 351
Poverty Alleviation Programs: An Evaluation 360
Conclusion: Issues and Challenges of Poverty Alleviation 367
17 Education in Bangladesh: Structure, Models and Perspectivs 369
Introduction 369
Theory of Education and its Development Linkages 370
The Structure and Strategies of Education 373
The State of Education 378
The Madrasah Education 385
Issues and Challenges Facing Bangladesh Education 391
Conclusion 395
18 Searching a Gender Sensitized WID Paradigm: Withering
Gender Asymmetry? 397
Introduction 397
Theoretical Framework: Conceptualizing WID
Paradigm for Bangladesh 398
Gender Asymmetry in Development: Social, Economic and
Political Aspects 402
Issues and Challenges Responsible for Gender Discrimination 412
Withering Gender Asymmetry: Major Recommendations 420
Conclusion 423
19 Human Resources Development: Beyond Western Paradigm? 425
Introduction 425
The Conceptual Framework 425
Devising a Non-Western HRD Paradigm 429
Human Resources Development in Bangladesh within Islamic
Framework: Constraints and Opportunities 435
Recommendations towards HRD in Islamic Perspective 440
Conclusion 441
20 Ethnic People and their Predicament 443
Introduction 443
An Overview of the Ethnic People of Bangladesh 444
Socio-Demographic Profile 448
Economic Predicament of the Households Surveyed 453
Education of Ethnic Community 461
Housing Sector 463
Health and Sanitation 463
Conclusion and Recommendations 467
21 People Managed Credit through NGOs: State of the
Art and Looking Beyond 469
Introduction 469
Concepts and Ideas 470
Operationalization of People Managed Credit 472
Institutional Aspects of People Managed Credit 493
Assessing People Managed Credit 496
Sustainable Strategies of PMC 500
Conclusion and Recommendations
