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National and Local Governments Relationship in Bangladesh

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Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance

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Balance of power; Bangladesh perspective; Central government; Inter-relation; Local government institutions; National government; Sub-national government

Definition

National and local governments relationship in Bangladesh refers to the interrelationship and balance of power between the national or central government and sub-national or local government institutions on the perspective of Bangladesh.

Introduction

The paramount importance of good local governance and thus call for a robust local government system are explicitly supported by the most of contemporary literatures in the domain of decentralization and local governance. This is not the argument point of the current research. Rather by this research, two uniform requirements could be set forth for a robust local government system to be placed anywhere: build balance of power between the local government and the national government as well as the legislative body; and strengthen the inherent links between and/or among...

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  1. Government and Politics, Asian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Talukdar

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Talukdar, M.R.I. (2019). National and Local Governments Relationship in Bangladesh. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3737-2

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    National and Local Governments Relationship in Bangladesh
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3737-2

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