Social Development Through Rural Transport Expansion in Bangladesh: Improving Performance at the Local Government Engineering Department

TRUST AND GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS: THE ASIAN EXPERIENCES, Milan Tung-Wen Sun, Clay Wescott, L. R. Jones, eds., Information Age Press, 2011

18 Pages Posted: 5 May 2011 Last revised: 10 May 2011

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Clay G. Wescott

International Public Management Network; World Bank Independent Evaluation Group

Date Written: May 4, 2011

Abstract

The recent history of Bangladesh provides an international comparative perspective of how public services can contribute to improved social outcomes. This paper will begin with a brief overview of the process. It will then look at the case of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) under the Local Government Division, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, and how it has managed to continuously improve its performance in the context of “good-enough governance” to better contribute to these outcomes.

Keywords: social, public service, transport, roads, leadership, trust, decentralization, change

Suggested Citation

Wescott, Clay G., Social Development Through Rural Transport Expansion in Bangladesh: Improving Performance at the Local Government Engineering Department (May 4, 2011). TRUST AND GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS: THE ASIAN EXPERIENCES, Milan Tung-Wen Sun, Clay Wescott, L. R. Jones, eds., Information Age Press, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1831431

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