Mapping Governance Innovations

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.

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