Working Papers

OCAG
Institutions of Accountability Series
Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG)
Background Paper
January 2009
Can the Civil Service Internship Program (CSIP) attract brilliant students to join the Bangladesh Civil Service?

ABSTRACT

Meritocracy in the civil service is as old as the Imperial bureaucracy in China. The public administration theorists and practitioners discussed its diverse effects in service delivery. Merit based bureaucracy is no longer a debatable issues in the new civil service. But the problem is how to address the ‘war for talent’ in the civil service. There are numerous attractions to joining the private sector with high salaries and challenges for boosting both quality and standard. Job security, prestigious service comprises with low salaried personnel desires ‘brainpower’ in civil service to combat the challenges of 21st century. Faulty recruitment procedure of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) and ‘politicization’ is an epidemic problem in hunting for talent in the civil service. In the case of Bangladesh, due to few options in job selection and a long time spent in the selection procedure of BPSC, prospective candidates engage in private jobs with high salaries and set a ‘propensity to consume’ lifestyle..

 

 

'Primary Education in Bangladesh: Viability of Achieving Millennium Development Goals'
Institutions of Accountability Series

Public Service Commission (PSC)

IGS, 2007, Institutions of Accountability: Public Service Commission Background Paper, Dhaka: Institute of Governance Studies
Institutions of Accountability Series

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

IGS, 2007, Institutions of Accountability: Anti-Corruption Commission Background Paper, Dhaka: Institute of Governance Studies

SoG 2006: A Tale of Two Wards Political Participation and the Urban Poor in Dhaka City
Banks, N., 2006, 'A Tale of Two Wards: Political Participation and the Urban Poor in Dhaka City', State of Governance Working Paper, Dhaka: Centre for Governance Studies, BRAC University and BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, Bangladesh
SoG 2006: Bangladesh Bank Reform
Ahmed, H.A., 2006, 'Bangladesh Bank Reform: Changes and Challenges', State of Governance Working Paper, Dhaka: Centre for Governance Studies, BRAC University and BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, Bangladesh
SoG 2006: Governance and the Media
Ali, I. S., 2006, 'Governance and the Media', State of Governance Working Paper, Dhaka: Centre for Governance Studies, BRAC University and BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, Bangladesh
SoG 2006: Public Administration in Bangladesh
Jahan F., 2006, 'Public Administration in Bangladesh', State of Governance Working Paper, Dhaka: Centre for Governance Studies, BRAC University and BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, Bangladesh
Good Governance in the Department of Immigration & Passport
Haque S., 2008. ‘Internal reforms, external progress’: A story of Good Governance from the Department of Immigration & Passport, Bangladesh, Dhaka: Institute of Governance Studies, BRAC University and BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, Bangladesh
 

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