UNB, Dhaka :
Even after four decades of its independence, Bangladesh faces a challenge in the way of having a liberal democratic culture as its democratic institutions are yet to become strong enough, according to a report.
“Even four decades after liberation, the electoral process has not yielded a more robust set of democratic institutions which is a serious challenge to embed a liberal democratic culture in Bangladesh and its future economic well being,” the report said.
Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) of Brac University launched the report titled ‘The State of Governance Bangladesh 2014-15’ at Brac Center Inn in the city on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, BIGD executive director Dr Sultan Hafeez Rahman said the report is an attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of the governance process, including political, economic and social sectors using quantifiable indicators of governance performances.
While analysing the economic governance, the report said the country did not face any major crisis during the period under investigation which indicates potential for current
and future stability of the financial sector. However, the relatively poor performance of state-owned commercial bank (SCBs) remains an area of concern for the country and repeated refinancing of loans and state support for recapitalisation needed to boost their capital adequacy is a significant vulnerability with potential for systematic problems in the future, especially if the management of SCBs dose not become commercially oriented, the report added.
On the country’s education sector, it observed that ensuring the quality of education along with ensuring advances in specific areas has emerged as a major challenge. Issues like new approaches adopted for examinations at various levels, the problems faced by students in fully understanding them and a shortage of trained teachers in classrooms have become causes for concern warranting a closure solution centric attention, it added.
About health sector governance, the report said the mushrooming growth of private medical colleges in Bangladesh, their excessively high fee structure and questionable quality of education have become a major problem. The report identified that making medical facilities available equitably in rural and urban areas, especially by improving the delivery of assured basic services in public medical facilities as a serious challenge.
Mentioning that the Bangladesh’s performance in all three broad categories-political, indicate major vulnerabilities, the report suggested that these must be addressed through broader participation of civil society and other stakeholders in a spirit of partnership.
“Without such an inclusive approach and full freedoms and rights guaranteed under the constitution, the country may suffer serious setbacks in its march towards building strong democratic institutions as the fundamental basis for good governance,” the report added.
Even after four decades of its independence, Bangladesh faces a challenge in the way of having a liberal democratic culture as its democratic institutions are yet to become strong enough, according to a report.
“Even four decades after liberation, the electoral process has not yielded a more robust set of democratic institutions which is a serious challenge to embed a liberal democratic culture in Bangladesh and its future economic well being,” the report said.
Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) of Brac University launched the report titled ‘The State of Governance Bangladesh 2014-15’ at Brac Center Inn in the city on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, BIGD executive director Dr Sultan Hafeez Rahman said the report is an attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of the governance process, including political, economic and social sectors using quantifiable indicators of governance performances.
While analysing the economic governance, the report said the country did not face any major crisis during the period under investigation which indicates potential for current
and future stability of the financial sector. However, the relatively poor performance of state-owned commercial bank (SCBs) remains an area of concern for the country and repeated refinancing of loans and state support for recapitalisation needed to boost their capital adequacy is a significant vulnerability with potential for systematic problems in the future, especially if the management of SCBs dose not become commercially oriented, the report added.
On the country’s education sector, it observed that ensuring the quality of education along with ensuring advances in specific areas has emerged as a major challenge. Issues like new approaches adopted for examinations at various levels, the problems faced by students in fully understanding them and a shortage of trained teachers in classrooms have become causes for concern warranting a closure solution centric attention, it added.
About health sector governance, the report said the mushrooming growth of private medical colleges in Bangladesh, their excessively high fee structure and questionable quality of education have become a major problem. The report identified that making medical facilities available equitably in rural and urban areas, especially by improving the delivery of assured basic services in public medical facilities as a serious challenge.
Mentioning that the Bangladesh’s performance in all three broad categories-political, indicate major vulnerabilities, the report suggested that these must be addressed through broader participation of civil society and other stakeholders in a spirit of partnership.
“Without such an inclusive approach and full freedoms and rights guaranteed under the constitution, the country may suffer serious setbacks in its march towards building strong democratic institutions as the fundamental basis for good governance,” the report added.
