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Reforming Urban Governance in Bangladesh : The City Corporation /

This book provides an analysis of the urban government system in Bangladesh, focusing on its upper tier, the City Corporation (CC), and the institutional and legal frameworks within which it operates. Along with a discussion of the scale and magnitude of urbanization, the book presents a comprehensi...

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Main Authors: Panday, Pranab Kumar
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Political science
Public Policy
Asia > Politics and government
Political Science and International Relations
Governance and Government
Asian Politics
Political leadership
Legislative and Executive Politics
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49598-9
Summary: This book provides an analysis of the urban government system in Bangladesh, focusing on its upper tier, the City Corporation (CC), and the institutional and legal frameworks within which it operates. Along with a discussion of the scale and magnitude of urbanization, the book presents a comprehensive analysis of the reform agendas of CCs including their functional assignments, local political leadership, local control over administration and service delivery, local fiscal autonomy and local financial management, and local participation and accountability mechanisms. Very few efforts have be
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XVII, 139 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9783319495989
Index Number: JF1525
CLC: D0
Contents: Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. A Brief History of Urban Governance in Bangladesh -- Chapter Three. Scale and Magnitude of Urbanization in Bangladesh -- Chapter Four. Intergovernmental Structure and Functional Assignments of City Corporations -- Chapter Five. Effective Local Political Structures and Leadership -- Chapter Six. Local Administrative Powers of City Corporations -- Chapter Seven. Local Fiscal Autonomy of City Corporations -- Chapter Eight. Local Participation and Accountability -- Chapter Nine. Conclusion and Recommendations.

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