Habib Zafarullah, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Bangladesh, a relatively young country, emerged with expectations of charting a new course in departing from its traditional and rigid system of public administration that prevailed during its existence as a part of British India and later as a province of Pakistan. The evolution of public administr...
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Purpose This paper aims to examine accountability arrangements in Bangladesh and to identify strengths and weaknesses, as well as potentials for improvement. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on review and analysis of published documents and data and information obtained on field visits...
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque, Muhammad Yeahia Akhter
T HE BIRTH OF PAKISTAN, of which Bangladesh was a part from 1947 to 1971, was the result of a demand for a separate homeland for one of the principal religious communities of the Indian subcontinent, the Muslims. Later, the idea of religious nationalism was discarded when Bangladesh was born, in 197...
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque, Masudur Rahman
Reshma Parvin Nuri, Setareh Ghahari, Heather M. Aldersey, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
While access to support for individuals with disabilities has attracted international attention, children with disabilities and their families continue to face a range of barriers that limit their timely access to the needed support, including health service. This is even worse for children with dis...
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Political hostility, unrest and flawed governance cause insecurity leading to demoralization, which triggers migration. There is a large body of literature on the determinants of international migration that highlights a range of factors to explain the direction and strength of migrant flows. For th...
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
L'A. etudie l'impact du passe colonial sur le developpement politique, les institutions politiques, les partis politique et la constitution du Bangladesh
Reshma Parvin Nuri, Heather M. Aldersey, Setareh Ghahari, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to understand the experiences of families in accessing government support (i.e., disability allowances and rehabilitation services) for their children with disabilities (CWDs) in Bangladesh. METHOD: We employed a qualitative descriptive method of study and inter...
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque, Muhammad A. Hakim
(1993). Elections in Bangladesh. Asian Affairs: An American Review: Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 248-261.
Reshma Parvin Nuri, Heather M. Aldersey, Setareh Ghahari, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque et al.
The government of Bangladesh enacted the Rights and Protection of Persons with Disability Act of 2013 (the Act) in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This article sheds light on the Act with particular emphasis on (a) support offered to children with ...
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Mallik Akram Hossain, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
The circumstances prevailing in South Asia (SA) have led to a plateauing migration stream that has resulted in several categories of migrants. The underlying factors driving migration have been identical in all the countries of SA. In recent years, however, poverty, conflicts, political and religiou...
Habib Zafarullah, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Public management in South Asia has been influenced by the colonial past which has resulted in the domination of administrative systems by the bureaucrats. Bureaucracies remained firmly entrenched as powerful groups and performed both administrative and political functions. India, Pakistan, Banglade...
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque, Jannatul Ferdous
Leading administrative reforms is the role of the political executive with a broad vision aimed at effecting improvements for the society and serving the public interest. This is a desirable arrangement that unfortunately has not been attained in Bangladesh for a number of reasons. Using various str...
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque, Arju Afrin Kathy
There has been little research on the significance of religion in migration studies. The objective of this article is twofold: first, to explain religion as a complexly intertwined concept within migration discourses; second, to examine the implications of various terminologies such as Islamism, pol...
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Habib Zafarullah, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Abstract Corruption is ubiquitous, deeply rooted in Bangladesh’s socio-political fabric. Over the past two decades, the phenomenon has reached to an extent that it is now inescapable and almost impossible to eradicate. Successive governments have tried several measures to combat corruption without m...
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Public–private partnerships (P3s) offer an alternative for constructing public infrastructure by drawing upon private sector finance and expertise. This article explores the case of the construction of an inland container terminal in Bangladesh. Drawing upon a review of the literature on P3s, second...
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Local government institutions in developing countries are expected to perform a number of functions, including the development of elected leadership. In Bangladesh, the expansion of the decentralised local government system has facilitated the entry of an increasing number of participants into the s...
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque, Muhammad Yeahia Akhter
(1989). Militarisation and opposition in Bangladesh: Parliamentary approval and public reaction. The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics: Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 172-184.
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Abstract Several changes have been introduced in the system of local government in rural Bangladesh following the country's independence. Examination reveals that they were changes only in nomenclature, and did not result in significant improvements. The constant effort by the central government to ...