BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

WHETHER DECENTRALISATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS A GOOD PATH TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT? EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH

Author: Razia Sultana

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2012v33n3a1

ABSTRACT

Decentralisation is one of the significant processes for social and economic development at the grass-root level of the developing countries. As development and decentralisation concepts are closely interlinked to each other, it has become an avowed goal for the governments in the developing countries. Although the process is an important step for democratisation in most of the developing countries, often, it brings challenges because of some social, political, structural and administrative barriers. To perceive these issues in details, this paper has taken an initiative to explicate the benefits and challenges of the local government system of a developing country like Bangladesh. Based on the historical and contemporary evidences, the paper explores that despite some successful events, decentralisation practices in the country are badly affected by various challenges, which may turn the process into an elusive effort.