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How to bring about change in the Bangladesh civil service? Attempts to change mindsets, behaviours and practice
Author(s) -
Jacobs Colin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.536
Subject(s) - civil service , civil servants , context (archaeology) , public administration , value (mathematics) , service (business) , political science , sociology , public relations , economic growth , economics , law , public service , politics , economy , paleontology , machine learning , computer science , biology
This article addresses three critical questions central to many donor funded programmes which seek to enable pro‐poor reform and growth. In the context of Bangladesh, the research asks first, does the civil service has a role in promoting change of this kind? Second, can a senior civil service development programme succeed in creating reform minded civil servants? And, third, if so how might the contribution be made both more substantive and of value? These questions are addressed systematically through a literature review and evidence drawn from Managing at the Top (MATT 2)—a DFID funded programme. Some tentative conclusions are drawn in the final section. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.