In Search of Better Governance in South Asia and Beyond

1. Introduction
Ishtiaq Jamil, Steinar Askvik, Tek Nath Dhakal

2. Understanding Governance in South Asia
Ishtiaq Jamil, Steinar Askvik, Tek Nath Dhakal

3. Improving Governance: Lessons Learnt
Goran Hyden

4. Good Governance and the Global Economic Crises: A New Opportunity for UNDP? Comparing WB and UNDP Good Governance Rhetoric
Tor Halvorsen

5. Failed States and the Lack of Good Governance: A Causal Explanation
Haroon A. Khan

6. The Quest for Better Governance: A Case Study of India
R. B. Jain

7. Application of Performance-Based Management: A Case of Nepalese Civil Service Reform
Bharat Raj Gautam

8. An Independent Institution of Governance? A New Statutory Civil Service in the Maldives
Mohamed Faizal, Rob Laking

9. Citizens’ Trust in Public Officials: Bangladesh and Nepal Compared
Ishtiaq Jamil, Steinar Askvik

10. Does Decentralization Matter for Reproductive Health Policy Implementation in Nepal?
Narendra Raj Paudel

11. Women’s Political Participation in Bangladesh: The Role of Political Parties
Pranab Kumar Panday

12. Governance at Grassroots–Rhetoric and Reality: A Study of the Union Parishad in Bangladesh
Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman

13. Governance in China: An Analysis of Two Cases in Kunming
Mei Li

14. Challenges of Democratic Governance in South Asia and Beyond
Ishtiaq Jamil, Steinar Askvik, Tek Nath Dhakal

Nyckelord: Economics/Management Science, Public Administration, Political Science, general, Political Theory