SOG 2016 looks into three types of governance problems: i) Issues that are internal to the government (i.e. bureaucratic), ii) Issues that occur in the space where the government interacts with other non-government actors in the society and iii) Issues where the government plays the role of maintaining a healthy environment for private sector interaction. Given these outstanding issues, two types of indicators have been identified: the processes and the performances. The process indicators capture the government inputs and activities, whereas the performance indicators focus on the output of the internal to government or external (between government and a private entity or between two private entities) interactions. In conclusion, the findings of the report can be summarized by a few general observations. First, the regulatory provisions are often well-founded and designed even though exception exists, as in the case of labour. Second, the resource constraints, for example, human resources are quite stark despite provisions, especially in some areas and agencies and the government should try to reduce, if not eliminate, these gaps soon. Third, extreme measures like boycotts, strikes and violence on a few occasions are observed (elections, labour rights movements etc.) and the government should find the root causes and address these issues accordingly. Finally, the government should work on modernization of the enforcement system through modern capacity building, provision of incentives and small ‘nudges’ type interventions.
Authors: Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Abdallah, Wahid; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Enam, Ahmed Asif; Ferdous, Nahid; Rahman, Muhammad Ashikur; Rashid, Md. Harun-Or; Razzaque, Farhana; Uddin, Mohammed Misbah; Zahan, Iffat; Zaman, Nabila; Zillur, Kaneta
Type: Report
Year: 2016
