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A Bet ter Wor ld
Public participation and sustainable development – unleashing the power of
common people
1 Street-level bureaucrats are the frontline workers or policy implementers in
government agencies such as local government officials, nurses, doctors,
policemen and teachers. See Lipsky, M. (2010). Street-level bureaucracy, 30th
ann. Ed.: dilemmas of the individual in public service. Russell Sage Foundation.
Actions and commitments to sustainable development goals
References:
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– National Plan for Disaster Management 2010–2015.
– Bangladesh Country Assistance Strategy, 2011–2014, The World Bank.
– Actionable Policy Briefs on Agriculture, 2004–2005.
– Draft Sustainable & Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) Act, 2012.
– Fourth Assessment Report, UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
– Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction with SAARC.
– Vision 2021, Government of Bangladesh.
– United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bangladesh.
– United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
– United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), Bangladesh.
– United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Convention (IPCCC).
– United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Bangladesh.
– United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Revisiting the controls over civil society organizations in Asia
1 White 1996:178, cited by Bush, 2004, p. 3
2 Berglund, 2009, p. 2-3
3 Waddell, 1997; World Bank, 1997; Brown and Ashman, 1996, cited by Brown,
1999
4 CIVICUS, 1997, cited by Brown, 1999
5 Bratton, 1989; Bebbington, 1997, cited by Brown, 1999, p. 5
References:
– Berglund, Henrik (2009). “Civil Society in India: democratic space or the
extension of elite domination?”, Working Papers 2009:1, Department of Political
Science, Stockholm University, pp. 1–29.
– Brown, L. David & Kalegaonkar, Archana (1999). “Addressing Civil Society’s
Challenges: Support Organizations as Emerging Institutions”, Institute for
Development Research Reports, Vol. 15, No. 2, 1999, pp. 1–22.
– Bush, Ray (May, 2004). “Civil Society and the Uncivil State”, Land Tenure
Reform in Egypt and the Crisis of Rural Livelihoods, Civil Society and
Social Movements Programme, United Nations Research Institute for Social
Development, Paper No. 9, pp. 1–36.
Towards an effective and accountable public service delivery for rebuilding in
the war-affected area in Sri Lanka
1 Survey Data, Department of Public Administration, University of Sri
Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 2016.
2 Yin, Robert K. 1977. Production Efficiency versus Bureaucratic Self-interest: Two
Innovative Processes? Policy Sciences. 8, 4:381-399.
3 Fernando Lalitha S. 2006. Managerial Innovation in Delivery Service in Public
Sector Organizations in Sri Lanka, Governance and Development edited by
Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman, Shrabon Printing Press, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The right to information for a better world with special reference to Sri Lanka
1 Zeijl-Rozema, A V, Corvers, R, Kemp, R, & Martens, P (2008). Governance
for Sustainable Development: A Framework. Sustainable Development. Wiley
InterScience. Volume 16, Issue 6, pp 410–421.DOI: 10.1002/sd.367
2 The Global Right to Information Rating. (2016). Retrieved March 17, 2017 from
website:
3 Right to Information Act, No. 12. (2016). Parliament of The Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka.The Department of Government Printing, Sri Lanka.
4 International Conference on RTI Sri Lanka & Media Reforms (2016). Retrieved
March 20, 2017 from .
Harnessing the Africa Mining Vision to capture the developmental benefits of
mineral resources
1 AMDC (2016). Optimizing Domestic Revenue Mobilization and Value Addition
of Africa’s Minerals – Towards Harmonizing Fiscal Regimes in the Mineral Sector.
2 AUC (2009). The Africa Mining Vision. Addis Ababa: The African Union
Commission.
Ensuring participatory and representative decision-making at grassroots level
in Sri Lanka
1 Paul, 1987
2 News First article, “UPDATE: Gammedda 100 days: Towards a better nation
– history in the making”,
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