State of Governance in Bangladesh

Khan, Mohammad Mohabbat

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“…Again, people pay them bribes to help move the file from table to table as a speed-money. So, bureaucratic corruption in Bangladesh has been an acute problem and an indigenous culture in the sector of public administration [4].…”

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Bureaucratic System in Bangladesh

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2017

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“…Mulgan (2000) suggests that there should be a relation between accountability and efficiency and accountability leads to responsibility for political and managerial aspects. Laking (2001) and Khan (2003) argue that, the main form of corruption in Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and Dhaka Electric Supply Authority (DESA) is system loss and the employees of these organizations are responsible for that loss. System loss occurs mostly due to the theft of electricity by unauthorized connections and unpaid bills and the employees of these organizations assist these activities (Smith, 2004;Khan, 2003;Laking, 2001).…”

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“…Laking (2001) and Khan (2003) argue that, the main form of corruption in Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and Dhaka Electric Supply Authority (DESA) is system loss and the employees of these organizations are responsible for that loss. System loss occurs mostly due to the theft of electricity by unauthorized connections and unpaid bills and the employees of these organizations assist these activities (Smith, 2004;Khan, 2003;Laking, 2001). Engineers of the electricity supply industry oppose the reformation process as their professional body named, 'Institution of Engineers in Bangladesh (IEB)' that is controlled by the political leaders, is partly against the reformation process in this sector (Bhattacharyya, 2003;IEB, 2000).…”

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“…Electric supply industry of Bangladesh subsidizes its residential customers as well as its commercial and industrial customers, although the industry is not able to meet their operational costs (Khan, 2003). Khan (2003) suggests that, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) funds to Rural Electrification Board (REB) to meet the revenue deficit and the operational losses.…”

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“…Khan (2003) suggests that, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) funds to Rural Electrification Board (REB) to meet the revenue deficit and the operational losses. REB and DESA in Bangladesh also receive power from BPDB at subsidized rates.…”

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Electricity Crisis of Bangladesh: Result of Organizational Inefficiency?

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2011

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It is believed that the organizational inefficiency of the 'BPDB' and 'Power Division' of Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) of Bangladesh is the main cause for current electricity crisis. Although there are changes in public sector management in the electricity sector of Bangladesh due to the NPM, the organization continue to value the bureaucratic and hierarchical organizational culture. Bangladesh government has taken several programs and has adopted policies for privatization and public-private-partnership. Still the Bangladesh government has not succeeded to mitigate the crisis. This industry faces long time negligence, corruption and inefficiency. Currently the crisis situation has become acute due to inadequate fund, weak governance and above all inefficiency. But the political interferences in organizational management, in bureaucratic activities, in personnel management and even in private investment process, are creating a huge problem for the development of this sector. This paper defines the Organizational management, efficiency, and weak governance of Bangladesh's electricity industry. This paper examines the extent to which the electricity crisis of Bangladesh is the result of organizational inefficiency of the 'BPDB' and 'Power Division' of Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) of Bangladesh. This organizational inefficiency is actually shared between inefficiency of public organization and political interferences. It is discussed in this paper not only the organizational inefficiency causes the electricity crisis but also political interference, wrong policies , inadequate fund also responsible. This paper will show how the organizational culture, structure and strategies of the ministry and BPDB have resulted in the crisis. Moreover country's corrupted and chaotic political system, the roles of parliament and civil servants are also discussed in this essay. Current electricity crisis can be considerably overcome by increasing the efficiency of the 'Power Division' as well as by stopping the political interference in decision making and in bureaucracy.

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Corporate governance reform and overstatement of compliance: Illustrations from an emerging economy

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This paper examines the effect of corporate governance (CG) reform on the window dressing of compliance in the context of an emerging economy, Bangladesh. In particular, this study investigates the true level of compliance concerning the three internal governance mechanisms, such as board independence, CEO duality and formation of audit committee before and after the reform enacts. By using content analysis of 194 non-financial listed companies between 2007 and 2017, this study observes the extent of overstatements in compliance statements along with the nature of firms that are involved in it. After the regulatory shift in 2012, requiring more independent directors into the board and external certification of compliance statements, it was found that the extent of window dressing in compliance statements declined considerably over time. Moreover, government firms are found to make more proportionate overstatements compared to family and others (non-family and foreign companies). counterparts. The fall in window dressing indicates that the companies' fabricating efforts in CG compliance are challenged by the regulatory change in a formal legal environment.

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State of Governance in Bangladesh

Cited by 51 publications

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Bureaucratic System in Bangladesh

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