Fara Azmat, Ken Coghill
‘Good governance’ is increasingly regarded as pivotal to development in developing countries. The six indicators recognized as the most effective measurement tools of ‘good governance’ across the world are: voice and accountability; political stability and absence of violence; government effectivene...
Quamrul Alam, Mohammad Abu Yusuf, Ken Coghill
The objective of the article is to examine the role of the Village Phone (VP) Program of the Grameen Bank in the empowerment of women. The article takes a case study approach that draws on a close examination of the literatures on the VP Program in Bangladesh, its role in providing telephone service...
Fara Azmat, Quamrul Alam, Ken Coghill
Abstract Using agriculture input sector as an exemplar, this article assesses Bangladesh's efforts towards a market-oriented development approach. It examines the changing role of the state following the market-based reforms undertaken in this sector and assesses whether the outcomes of the reforms ...
Mohammad Abu Yusuf, Quamrul Alam, Ken Coghill
This article examines the role of regulation, competition and market structure on the success of mobile phone sector liberalization. The findings of the study suggest that deregulation of the telecommunications sector has generated competition and changed the market structure which has had a signifi...
Fara Azmat, Ken Coghill
\n\t\t\t\t\tCorporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as an important concept for developing countries in recent years. This paper investigates the issues of CSR relating to small businesses that have emerged as a result of market-based reforms in developing countries, where the compliance o...
Fara Azmat, Ken Coghill, Quamrul Alam
The problems of the Bangladesh agriculture input sector are an example of good governance gone bad. The solution is a functional governance model bringing together state, the private sector and civil society, write Fara Azmat, Ken Coghill and Quamrul Alam. Copyright 2006 Fara Azmat, Ken Coghill and ...
Quamrul Alam, Ken Coghill
This article analyses an innovative survey into perceptions of corruption in three countries. Malaysia, Bangladesh and Romania rate differently in global indices of corruption, perceptions of corruption and in governance, but from this survey they clearly also share common patterns of behaviour whic...
Quamrul Alam, Mohammad Abu Yusuf, Ken Coghill
Mohammad Abu Yusuf, Quamrul Alam, Ken Coghill
Fara Azmat, Ken Coghill, Quamrul Alam
\n\t\t\t\t\tThe problems of the Bangladesh agriculture input sector are an example of good governance gone bad. The solution is a functional governance model bringing together state, the private sector and civil society, write Fara Azmat, Ken Coghill and Quamrul Alam.<br />\n\t\t\t\t
Fara Azmat, Ken Coghill, Quamrul Alam
\n\t\t\t\t\tAlthough e-government offers unique opportunities for streamlining good governance, there remains considerable skepticism about its applicability in developing countries due to their lack of required level of infrastructural, technological, legal and human development. This paper argues ...
Fara Azmat, Ken Coghill
Résumé Dans les pays en développement, la « bonne gouvernance » est de plus en plus considérée comme indispensable au développement. Les six indicateurs reconnus dans le monde entier comme étant les outils de mesure de la « bonne gouvernance » les plus efficaces sont la possibilité de s’exprimer et ...
Fara Azmat, Ken Coghill, Quamrul Alam
\n\t\t\t\t\tIn the quest for 'good governance', the developing countries have embarked on ambitious NPM style market-oriented reform policies mainly advocated by international development agencies (IDA) over the last two decades. Bangladesh has been pursuing decades of market-oriented reforms advoca...
Fara Azmat, Ken Coghill
\n\t\t\t\t\tIn recent years, the command and control type of government regulation is giving way to self- regulatory approaches in which industry sectors are responsible for controlling the conduct of their own members. Although self-regulatory approaches are increasingly being adopted with the obje...