Governance, Competitiveness, and Growth: The Challenges for Bangladesh

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the current situation of governance of Bangladesh in an international context and analyze the different governance dimensions in economic development. The paper will also try to highlight some mis-governance issues in some sectors of the economy. Overall, the evidence presented in the paper indicates that different governance dimensions such as political governance, institutional dimension and technology dimension are significantly and positively related to the increase in per capita income, and the quality of governance in Bangladesh has remained at a low level as indicated by a cross-country comparison among South Asia and East Asian countries.