Administrative Reform and Capacity Building

MUHAMMAD AZIZUDDIN Administrative Reform and Capacity Building The case of primary education in Bangladesh ACADEMIC DISSERTATION To be presented, with the permission of the Board of the School of Management of the University of Tampere, for public discussion in the Paavo Koli Auditorium, Kanslerinrinne 1, Tampere, on June 25th, 2014, at 12 o’clock. UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MUHAMMAD AZIZUDDIN Administrative Reform and Capacity Building The case of primary education in Bangladesh Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 1950 Tampere University Press Tampere 2014 ACADEMIC DISSERTATION University of Tampere School of Management Finland The originality of this thesis has been checked using the Turnitin OriginalityCheck service in accordance with the quality management system of the University of Tampere. Copyright ©2014 Tampere University Press and the author Cover design by Mikko Reinikka Distributor: [email protected] http://granum.uta.fi Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 1950 Acta Electronica Universitatis Tamperensis 1435 ISBN 978-951-44-9500-7 (print) ISBN 978-951-44-9501-4 (pdf) ISSN-L 1455-1616 ISSN 1456-954X ISSN 1455-1616 http://tampub.uta.fi Suomen Yliopistopaino Oy – Juvenes Print 441 729 Tampere 2014 Painotuote Table of Contents List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................................ viii List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................................ ix List of Maps .................................................................................................................................................................... ix Acronyms and Abvreviations ......................................................................................................................................... x Glossary and Definition of the Terms ....................................................................................................................... xiii Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................................... xv Abstract ................................................................................................................................................................... xv Abstrakti ............................................................................................................................................................... xviii Chapter 1: Introduction and Research Description ...................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Research Context and Significance ................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Research Problem ............................................................................................................................ 4 1.4 Research Philosophy and Viewpoint .............................................................................................. 7 1.5 The Bangladeshi Case ...................................................................................................................... 9 1.6 Research Aims, Objectives, and Questions ................................................................................... 12 1.7 The Research Focus and Scope ..................................................................................................... 15 1.8 Research Limitations ..................................................................................................................... 15 1.10 Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 20 1.11 Structure of the Dissertation ......................................................................................................... 20 Chapter 2: Public Administration Reform and Capacity Building: A Theoretical Overview ....... 25 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 25 2.2 Public Administration and Administrative Reform .................................................................... 26 2.2.1 Making the Public Administration Capable in Need ............................................................... 26 2.2.2 Traditions in Administrative Transformation .......................................................................... 26 2.2. 3 Differentiations in Administrative Transformation ................................................................. 28 2.2.4 Perspectives on Integrity and Governance .............................................................................. 32 2.3 Administrative Reform Issues ...................................................................................................... 33 2.4 The Capacity Dimension ................................................................................................................ 35 2.3.1 Capacity as a Concept .............................................................................................................. 36 2.3.2 Capacity Building .................................................................................................................... 38 2.3.2 Levels of Capacity ................................................................................................................... 41 2.5 Administrative Reform in Bangladesh ......................................................................................... 43 iii 2.6 Local Administration in Bangladesh ............................................................................................ 46 2.7 Primary Education in Bangladesh ................................................................................................ 49 2.8 Institutional Capacity in Public Service Delivery Context .......................................................... 51 2.9 Summary of Theoretical Focus ..................................................................................................... 52 2.10 Chapter Summary .......................................................................................................................... 55 Chapter 3: Research Method and Design ......................................................................................................... 56 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 56 3.2 Methodology ................................................................................................................................... 57 3.2.1 Key Features ............................................................................................................................ 57 3.3 Research Design ............................................................................................................................. 67 3.3.1 Data Collection ........................................................................................................................... 67 3.3.2 Information Sources ................................................................................................................ 69 3.4 Data Organization, Presentation and Analysis ............................................................................ 82 3.4.1 Data Presentation ..................................................................................................................... 83 3.5 The Strengths and Weakness of Research Methodology ............................................................ 84 3.5.1 Data Strengths.......................................................................................................................... 84 3.5.2 Data Weaknesses ..................................................................................................................... 86 3.6 Validity, Reliability, Representativeness of Research Data ........................................................ 87 3.7 Chapter Summary .......................................................................................................................... 89 Chapter 4: Millennium Development Goals.................................................................................................... 91 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 91 4.2 Background of Millennium Development Goals .......................................................................... 91 4.3 Origin and Development of Millennium Development Goals ..................................................... 92 4.3.1 The World Summit on Social Development (WSSD) ............................................................. 92 4.3.2 A Better World For All ............................................................................................................ 93 4.3.3 The United Nations ‘Road Map’ Document ........................................................................... 95 4.4 The Millennium Development Goals 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