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Mapping Governance Innovations: Perspectives from South Asia book cover

1st Edition

Mapping Governance Innovations Perspectives from South Asia

Edited By Sangita Dhal, Nachiketa Singh, Amir Mohammad Nasrullah Copyright 2025
304 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

304 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

304 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India
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This volume explores the nature, success, and challenges of governance innovations in South Asia. It compares innovations and reforms that have been undertaken specifically in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It examines how these South Asian nations have fared in promoting the values of good governance both at the national and local levels. The volume focuses mainly... Read more

List of Figures vii

List of Tables viii

List of Contributors ix

Foreword xi

Acknowledgments xviii

List of Abbreviations xx

1 Exploring Innovations in Governance: The South Asian Experience 1

SANGITA DHAL, NACHIKETA SINGH AND AMIR MOHAMMAD NASRULLAH

2 Capacity Building through Governance Innovations: State’s Pursuit for Human Security in South Asia 23

RUMKI BASU

3 Innovations in Government Procurement: Policy Initiatives in India 42

SACHIN CHOWDHRY

4 Innovations in Bangladesh Public Administration: Current Initiatives and Challenges 65

AMIR MOHAMMAD NASRULLAH

5 Understanding Union Digital Centre (UDC) and Its Impact on Service Delivery at Local Level: Case of a Successful e-Governance Model in Bangladesh 90

HAROLD SOUGATO BAROI AND PRANAB KUMAR PANDAY

6 NGOs’ Efforts to Implement Good Governance at the Local Level in Bangladesh: A Comparison of Two Partnership Models 112

MOHAMMAD JAHANGIR HOSSAIN MOJUMDER

7 National ICT Policy in Bangladesh: Issues of Social Equity and Universal Access 133

SADIK HASAN

8 Governance Innovation in South Asia: The Pakistan Governance Journey 147

AMIR JAHANGIR

9 The Nepali Path to Federalism: Making Good Governance in Nepal’s Federal Structure 167

GANGA BAHADUR THAPA, JOEL R. CAMPBELL, AND JAN SHARMA

10 Open Government in Federal Nepal: Challenges, Constraints, and Opportunities 188

NARENDRA RAJ PAUDEL AND SRIJANA PAHARI

11 Constitutional Amendments, Institutional Tensions (Crisis), and Governance Quality in Sri Lanka 210

RAMESH RAMASAMY

12 Centralized Pandemic Governance in Sri Lanka 231

MALINI BALAMAYURAN

13 Local Innovation in Sustainable Development: A Story of Lhomon Society, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan 249

SONAM CHUKI

14 South Asia’s Tryst with Innovations in Governance 265

AMIR MOHAMMAD NASRULLAH, SANGITA DHAL AND NACHIKETA SINGH

Index 277

                       

Biography

Sangita Dhal, Professor of Political Science, Kalindi College, University of Delhi, India.

Nachiketa Singh, Professor of Political Science, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi, India.

Amir Mohammad Nasrullah, Professor of Public Administration, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

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