Rudra, NitaSardesai, Shonali2012-08-132012-08-132009-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11128The objective of this note is to provide guidance to the World Bank task teams engaged in supporting decentralization reform on useful approaches to understanding the broader political dynamics which may affect their operations and dialogue. It does this by synthesizing lessons from an analysis of the political economy of decentralization in Bangladesh, which was carried out to support the World Bank operational engagement.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSESAUTHORITYBUREAUCRACYBUREAUCRATCABINETCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCITIZENSCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVESCONSENSUSCONSOLIDATIONCONSTITUENCIESCONSTITUTIONCORRUPTCORRUPT PRACTICESCORRUPTIONCOUNCILSDATA COLLECTIONDECENTRALIZATIONDECENTRALIZATION PROCESSDECENTRALIZATION REFORMDECENTRALIZATION REFORMSDECISION MAKINGDEMOCRACYDEVOLUTIONDISTRICTSEFFECTIVE PARTICIPATIONELECTED REPRESENTATIVESELECTIONEXECUTIONFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSGOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONSGOVERNANCE ISSUESGOVERNANCE REFORMGOVERNANCE REFORMSGOVERNMENT REGULATIONSGOVERNORINITIATIVEINVESTIGATIONLACK OF TRANSPARENCYLAWYERSLEGITIMACYLEVELS OF GOVERNMENTLOCAL ACCOUNTABILITYLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL GOVERNANCELOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONSLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL KNOWLEDGELOCAL POLITICIANSMANDATESMEMBERS OF PARLIAMENTMPMUNICIPALITYNATIONAL ELECTIONSNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL PARLIAMENTOPPOSITION PARTIESPARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONSPARTIES IN POWERPATRONAGEPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLITICAL ANALYSISPOLITICAL DYNAMICSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL LANDSCAPEPOLITICAL PARTIESPOLITICAL PARTYPOLITICAL PROCESSPOLITICAL SYSTEMPOLITICIANSPUBLIC FUNDSPUBLIC SUPPORTREORGANIZATIONRULING PARTYSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTTECHNICAL ASSISTANCEVESTED INTERESTSWorld Bank10.1596/11128