Monitoring the Implementation of Bangladesh\'s Development Policies : Civil Society\'s Review Reports 2003

Contents: Preface. Budgetary Discipline and Fiscal Programme: 1. The background. 2. Scope and approach of the review. 3. Major issues. 4. Review of the policy recommendations: revenue earning. 5. Review of recommendations: public expenditure. 6. Budget deficit and financing. 7. Balance of payments situation. 8. Credit expansion and Domestic Public Debt. 9. Review of recommendations: institutional measures. 10. Concluding observations. Financial Sector: 1. Introduction. 2. Recommendations of Task Force-2001. 3. Recent reform measures. 4. Objectives of the Present Task Force Report. 5. NPL problems. 6. Addressing the problems of NCBS. 7. Increasing the efficiency of PCBS. 8. Corporate governance in banking system. 9. Supervisory efficiency of Bangladesh bank. 10. Effective and quick enforcement of legal system. 11. Banking risks and income. 12. Human Resources Development. 13. Banking automation and information technology. 14. Recommendations. Rural Economy: 1. Background. 2. Agriculture policy of the new government. 3. Progress in implementation of the recommendations of the Task Force. 4. What are the immediate tasks to be performed to develop the rural economy? Bibliography. Industrial Policy, Privatisation and SME: 1. Introduction. 2. Development of the industrial sector: issues and challenges. 3. Policy recommendations of policy brief 2001 and their implementation by GOB: general industrial policy. 4. State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and the policy of privatisation. 5. Small and medium enterprises and cottage industries. Trade Policy: 1. The context. 2. Objectives. 3. Development of the external sector: issues and challenges. 4. Policy recommendations of policy brief 2001 and their implementation by GOB. 5. Concluding remarks. Education Policy: 1. Introduction. 2. Highlights of an analytical review of the education sector in Bangladesh. 3. Key issues that need to be addressed. 4. Priority action points. 5. Concluding observations. References. Health, Nutrition and Population Sector: 1. Introduction. 2. Summary of policy brief 2001. 3. Policy recommendations in the election manifesto of the ruling party. 4. Performance of HPSP. 5. Planned policies and measures. References. Annexes. Transport and Infrastructure: 1. Introduction. 2. Implementation status of major recommendations. Development and Governance of the Energy Sector: 1. Introduction. 2. Present status. 3. Sector structure. 4. Demand scenario. 5. Energy security. 6. Present concerns. 7. Energy pricing. 8. Concluding remarks. 9. The way forward. Annexes. Information and Communication Technology: 1. Background. 2.  Policy review report preparation process. 3. Review of the recommendations of the Task Force 2001. 4. Revised policy recommendations. Urban Governance: 1. Introduction. 2. Major challenges: imbalanced urbanisation and intra-urban problems. Environment Protection: 1. Introduction. 2. Methodology. 3. Environmental problems and suggested actions. 4. Environmental management. 5. Concluding remarks. Administrative Reform and Strengthening of the Local Government System: 1. Introduction. 2. Election pledges. 3. The short-term initiatives of the government. 4. Implementation status of the recommendations of the Task Force. Women\'s Empowerment and National Development: 1. Introduction. 2. Demands to the caretaker government and the political parties. 3. Demands to the government. 4. Conclusions. Democratic Process (Election and Parliament): 1. Introduction. 2. Reforms for strengthening parliament. Eradication of Corruption: 1. Introduction. 2. Recommendations. Poverty Eradication and Employment Generation: 1. Background to policy-making on poverty. 2. Comparing the NSD and the Task Force Report. 3. Delivering on the NSD. 4. From government to national: owning the document. 5. Conclusion: new institutional arrangements against structural injustices. Annex.