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Reforming Urban Governance in Bangladesh

The City Corporation

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Pranab Kumar Panday

    1. Dept. of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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  • Fills a research gap by examining the urban governance of Bangladesh in the light of recent reforms
  • Offers concrete recommendations for administrative, legislative and institutional reforms to urban government in Bangladesh
  • Of interest to scholars and students of public policy, public management, and of South Asian politics

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Pranab Kumar Panday
    Pages 1-12

  3. A Brief History of Urban Governance in Bangladesh

    • Pranab Kumar Panday
    Pages 13-21

  4. Scale and Magnitude of Urbanization in Bangladesh

    • Pranab Kumar Panday
    Pages 23-37

  5. Intergovernmental Structure and Functional Assignments of City Corporations

    • Pranab Kumar Panday
    Pages 39-54

  6. Effective Local Political Structures and Leadership

    • Pranab Kumar Panday
    Pages 55-75

  7. Local Administrative Powers of City Corporations

    • Pranab Kumar Panday
    Pages 77-85

  8. Local Fiscal Autonomy of City Corporations

    • Pranab Kumar Panday
    Pages 87-102

  9. Local Participation and Accountability

    • Pranab Kumar Panday
    Pages 103-114

  10. Conclusion and Recommendations

    • Pranab Kumar Panday
    Pages 115-123

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 125-139
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About this book

This book provides an analysis of the urban government system in Bangladesh, focusing on its upper tier, the City Corporation (CC), and the institutional and legal frameworks within which it operates. Along with a discussion of the scale and magnitude of urbanization, the book presents a comprehensive analysis of the reform agendas of CCs including their functional assignments, local political leadership, local control over administration and service delivery, local fiscal autonomy and local financial management, and local participation and accountability mechanisms. Very few efforts have been taken to analyze the comprehensive reform agenda required to make the CCs effectively discharge their duties and responsibilities in the context of Bangladesh. This book therefore not only fills this gap in the literature, but also provides recommendations on each reform agenda.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

    Pranab Kumar Panday

About the author

Pranab Kumar Panday is Professor at the Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He was a Senior Fulbright Fellow at the Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University, USA in 2012.  Panday's main areas of research include public policy, public administration, governance and gender studies.  His major book publications include Women’s Political Participation in Bangladesh: Institutional Reforms, Actors and Outcomes (2013), and Women Empowerment in South Asia: NGO Interventions and Agency Building in Bangladesh (2016).

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