Labour migration policy doesn't favour migrants
Saturday, 9 October 2010
FE Report
Bangladesh's labour migration policy doesn't favour overseas jobseekers who send home billions of dollars a year to oil the wheels of the economy, a new report on governance said.
The report, released recently by Brac University, also said malpractices by private service providers, higher migration costs and lack of safeguards to protect migrants' interest constrain the improvement of governance in the sector that generated jobs for an estimated 8.0 million Bangladeshis so far.
"The migration process is overseen by a weak and inadequate regulatory framework and institutions severely lacking in capacity, transparency, and accountability--all contribute to the poor state of governance in the migration arena," said the report.
The report said extremely long and complicated migration process, high cost, resulting debts incurred by migrants prior to departure and unscrupulous migration agencies have contributed to the current gaps in governance.
The report titled 'The state of governance in Bangladesh 2009' also identified unavailability of long-term domestic capital, lack of incentives for global energy companies, long bidding process, populist polices and planning failures as some of obstacles facing the country's energy sector.
Institute of Governance Studies (IGS) of Brac University in its annual research report 2009 recommended implementation of laws, policies and functioning of institutions to ensure people's entitlement to rights and good governance in the country.
The report was launched in the city where former chief adviser to the caretaker government Justice Habibur Rahman was the chief guest.
"We can't rescue democracy by setting fire on banks or burning alive a rickshaw-puller or blasting bombs," he said.
Speaking as the chief guest at the launching programme, Mr Rahman said the empty sessions of the 7th and 8th parliament were like deserts due to walkouts.
Regionalism is another main trend to become loyal to a political leader," he told the launching programme.
He said the Election Commission is very much harassed by the political parties, for which the commission itself is also responsible.
"The Election Commission doesn't have much credibility with its activities," he added.
The report also discussed on how and why governance fails in various sectors, what services and benefits people are supposed to enjoy from the state, what are the institutional frameworks citizens have and how to better ensure people’s rights.
Bangladesh's labour migration policy doesn't favour overseas jobseekers who send home billions of dollars a year to oil the wheels of the economy, a new report on governance said.
The report, released recently by Brac University, also said malpractices by private service providers, higher migration costs and lack of safeguards to protect migrants' interest constrain the improvement of governance in the sector that generated jobs for an estimated 8.0 million Bangladeshis so far.
"The migration process is overseen by a weak and inadequate regulatory framework and institutions severely lacking in capacity, transparency, and accountability--all contribute to the poor state of governance in the migration arena," said the report.
The report said extremely long and complicated migration process, high cost, resulting debts incurred by migrants prior to departure and unscrupulous migration agencies have contributed to the current gaps in governance.
The report titled 'The state of governance in Bangladesh 2009' also identified unavailability of long-term domestic capital, lack of incentives for global energy companies, long bidding process, populist polices and planning failures as some of obstacles facing the country's energy sector.
Institute of Governance Studies (IGS) of Brac University in its annual research report 2009 recommended implementation of laws, policies and functioning of institutions to ensure people's entitlement to rights and good governance in the country.
The report was launched in the city where former chief adviser to the caretaker government Justice Habibur Rahman was the chief guest.
"We can't rescue democracy by setting fire on banks or burning alive a rickshaw-puller or blasting bombs," he said.
Speaking as the chief guest at the launching programme, Mr Rahman said the empty sessions of the 7th and 8th parliament were like deserts due to walkouts.
Regionalism is another main trend to become loyal to a political leader," he told the launching programme.
He said the Election Commission is very much harassed by the political parties, for which the commission itself is also responsible.
"The Election Commission doesn't have much credibility with its activities," he added.
The report also discussed on how and why governance fails in various sectors, what services and benefits people are supposed to enjoy from the state, what are the institutional frameworks citizens have and how to better ensure people’s rights.