Three essays on public management capacity building in Bangladesh

Abstract

This thesis consists of three self-contained essays on public management capacity building in Bangladesh. In recent years, public management capacity building has been widely discussed and recognized as a necessity for sustainable development in the developing countries. It has taken on added importance by both international development partners and developing countries as a vital tool for growth and development. The lack of good governance in many developing countries has corrosive effects on the development process such as entrench corruption, lack of rule of law, lack of transparency etc. In this aspect, improving the governance environment, more particularly public management capacity building is necessary. Public management capacity building is enhancement of competency of public sector organizations. In developing country, public management capacity building means enabling government's ability to deliver vital services. The public management capacity in Bangladesh has been under scrutiny for many years. The colonial legacy, politicization of bureaucracy, military intervention, and many other factors have had a worsening effect on overall public management systems in Bangladesh, which is perceived by its citizens as inefficient and ineffective, centralized, and unaccountable, corrupt and not transparent. Despite a number of reform efforts, traditional bureaucratic cultures are still in place. Moreover, globalization has placed immense challenges on this system. With the rapid flourishing of the private sector, there has been a widening gap between public

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