Centre For Governance Studies

Global experiences of past decades have demonstrated that governance is an important factor in security, democratization and development. Governance broadly means the legal, systemic and institutional arrangements for efficient and effective management of a country’s resources in a manner that is responsive to people’s needs. Quality of governance is a crucial variable in promoting socio-economic and political development, and sound management and leadership are its key elements. Development is no longer a matter of providing resources to satisfy the basic needs, instead it is more about creating an enabling environment within which the people can exercise their fundamental rights as citizens and feel secure. This rights and security based approach to development places governance at the center of attention. The improvements in institutional and societal frameworks of governance that includes political and legal, judicial and administrative affairs are vital to the prosperity of a nation. Despite the crucial importance of governance issues, there remains substantial gap in understanding how and in what respects governance can make a difference for development. A need for sound understanding of the conceptual framework of governance, determining the indicators of good governance, ascertaining managerial and leadership considerations, assessing security matrix, and exploring ways and means for achieving good and effective governance is indisputable. There are compelling reasons to undertake programs in governance and security studies with particular aim of resolving the serious problems faced by Bangladesh. This is consistent with the current needs and imperatives of national and global politics, economy and security.