Call for building sustainable governance system in Bangladesh
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Speakers at a donor-sponsored workshop Wednesday stressed the importance of effective and accountable local government for ensuring sustainable governance system and inclusive growth in Bangladesh, reports UNB.
The World Bank and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) jointly organised the National Workshop on "Non-Lending Technical Assistance (NLTA) for Strengthening Local Governance:
Lessons Learnt & Way Forward".
"There is no alternative way other than strengthening the local-government bodies to ensure sustainable development," said John Henry Stein, Sector Director, Sustainable Development Department, World Bank.
"It is encouraging to see the recent free and fair election held at the Upazila level. However, accountability is much more important than holding regular, free and fair elections at the local level. It is about building a system of checks and balances that prevents the abuse of executive authority and ensures that difficult decisions are made in a transparent way," Stein said.
The $3 million, multi-year, non-lending facility from the SDC provides knowledge services and technical support to the Government's current efforts to strengthen local governance programme, supported by the World Bank.
The World Bank and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) jointly organised the National Workshop on "Non-Lending Technical Assistance (NLTA) for Strengthening Local Governance:
Lessons Learnt & Way Forward".
"There is no alternative way other than strengthening the local-government bodies to ensure sustainable development," said John Henry Stein, Sector Director, Sustainable Development Department, World Bank.
"It is encouraging to see the recent free and fair election held at the Upazila level. However, accountability is much more important than holding regular, free and fair elections at the local level. It is about building a system of checks and balances that prevents the abuse of executive authority and ensures that difficult decisions are made in a transparent way," Stein said.
The $3 million, multi-year, non-lending facility from the SDC provides knowledge services and technical support to the Government's current efforts to strengthen local governance programme, supported by the World Bank.