Pranab Kumar Panday
A. H. M. Kamrul Ahsan, Pranab Kumar Panday
The main thrust of the article is to analyze the state of problems of inter-organizational coordination in the upazila (second tier of local government) in Bangladesh. It also explains to what extent informal communication matters for inter-organizational coordination. Based on empirical data collec...
Pranab Kumar Panday
Pranab Kumar Panday
Despite constitutional guarantees of a clear separation of power between the central and local governments in Bangladesh, problems continue to lie in politicians not upholding the spirit of the decentralisation of power to the local level. This is one of the very few areas where consensus building a...
A. H. M. Kamrul Ahsan, Mst. Shuvra Chowdhury, Pranab Kumar Panday
This article, which is based on qualitative research, addresses legally-prescribed mechanisms of public accountability and the extent of their use and effect at the lowest level of local government in Bangladesh. The findings are that, while various mechanisms have been established, they have not be...
Pranab Kumar Panday
Pranab Kumar Panday, Md. Golam Rabbani
Considering the importance of good governance, the article explores the governance situation of the lowest local government tier (Union Parishad) in Bangladesh. Through the application of four good governance indicators—leadership, people’s participation, transparency and accountability and equity—t...
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Pranab Kumar Panday
This paper looks into the remittance channels used by Bangladeshi labor migrants in Hong Kong and Malaysia and examines the reasons why they prefer particular modes of money transfer. Data were collected from 126 respondents (56 in Hong Kong and 70 in Malaysia) through a survey conducted during June...
Pranab Kumar Panday
Economic development in the poorest countries often makes better progress when women become involved in, and take a lead in, development projects. Encouraging women’s involvement, however, is often a major difficulty in societies where traditionally women’s status has been inferior and where women a...
Pranab Kumar Panday, Shuvra Chowdhury
This book illuminates the importance of citizen charter (CC) in local service delivery in Bangladesh and describes how CC was implemented into the process
Pranab Kumar Panday
Harold Sougato Baroi, Pranab Kumar Panday
In the last decade, local governance has emerged as one of the most significant issues in development discussion. NGOs and international agencies have placed themselves in a strategic position to focus on this subject in the recent times. They are now more involved in capacitating local government i...
Pranab Kumar Panday
This article reports on a local government–NGO partnership in rural Bangladesh. The findings suggest that BRAC’s Strengthening Local Governance initiative, through partnership with Union Parishads (the lowest tier of the existing local government structure), has been successful in strengthening the ...
Pranab Kumar Panday
The minority communities have been victimised in most of the countries of the sub-continent. Like other countries of the subcontinent, the minorities in Bangladesh have been subject to exploitation at times. This study explores the dynamics of the enactment of the Vested Properties Act 1974 from the...
Pranab Kumar Panday