Bangladesh : Financial Accountability for Good Governance

This document assesses the quality of financial accountability and transparency in Bangladesh, and makes recommendations for improvement. With respect to public funds, it compares the financial management standards, and practices of agencies using such funds against and international, or "best practice" standard, and also the standards, and practices of the external "oversight" agencies - nine Audit Directorates of the Comptroller and Auditor General's Office, parliamentary committees concerned with public expenditure, donor agencies, and the media. It assesses what it would take to qualify the country for programmatic, or sector lending in replacement of all individual project lending. With respect to private funds in the hands of companies, commercial banks, insurance companies, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), it examines the regulatory activities of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the two Stock Exchanges, Bangladesh Bank, NGO Affairs Bureau, and the accounting and auditing profession that serves both public, and private sectors.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2002-05
Subjects:	ABUSE OF POWER, ACCOUNT, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTANCY, ACCOUNTANTS, ACCOUNTS, ADB, AUDIT REPORTS, AUDITED ACCOUNTS, AUDITING, AUDITING PROFESSION, AUDITORS, AUDITS, AUTHORITY, AUTONOMY, BANK ACCOUNTS, BILLS, BUREAUCRACY, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, CADRES, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CITIZENS, CIVIL SERVICE, COMMERCIAL BANKS, CONSENSUS, CONSTITUTION, CORRUPTION, COUNCILS, DEBT MANAGEMENT, DEMOCRACY, DISCLOSURE, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC STABILITY, ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, ELECTRICITY, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION, FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, FINANCIAL CONTROL, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT AGENCY, GOVERNMENT AUDITING, GOVERNMENT BORROWING, GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES, GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP, GOVERNMENT SERVICES, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEAD OF STATE, HEALTH SERVICES, ILLIQUIDITY, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INSURANCE, INTERNAL AUDIT, INTERNAL CONTROLS, INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS, JUDICIARY, LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY, LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, LAWS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGISLATION, LEGITIMACY, LEGITIMIZATION, LICENSES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, MINISTERS, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONS, PAYROLL, PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY, POLITICIANS, POOR GOVERNANCE, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATIZATION, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, PUBLIC ACCOUNTING, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM, PUBLIC DEBT, PUBLIC ENTERPRISES, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, PUBLIC REVENUES, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING, PUBLIC SERVANTS, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC WORKS, REPORTING, REPRESENTATIVES, RISK MANAGEMENT, SUBSIDIARY, TAX, TRANSPARENCY, TREASURY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/1953749/bangladesh-financial-accountability-good-governance https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14132
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