Dynamics of Public Administration

  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue: 1

National integrity strategy (NIS) of Bangladesh: Measures undertaken by the public institutions

1Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Barishal, Barishal, Bangladesh Email id: rifat.89@hotmail.com

Online published on 27 August, 2021.

Abstract

National Integrity Strategy (NIS) has been a comprehensive systematic approach for qualitatively assessing corruption and integrity across countries over the last three decades. Bangladesh developed the NIS to control corruption and ensure democratic governance along with the need to establish ethics and standards in public life. The purpose of this paper is to identify the various initiatives of the NIS undertaken by the government to combat corruption in a holistic manner. This paper seeks to find out the various strengths and weaknesses of the various state and non-state institutions. Methodologically, the paper is a content analysis involving literature review of vast secondary materials on the books, journals, and websites on NIS, especially to that of countries that have introduced NIS as a measure to fight corruption and promote integrity, which has been used, interpreted and reinterpreted to substantiate arguments. The findings of the study suggest that the government through NIS has addressed comprehensive and technical issues for the three branches of government by putting various institutional and administrative arrangements to promote integrity and reduce corruption. The study reveals there is a need for strong political commitment along with various administrative enforcement mechanisms to pave way for a just, free, and egalitarian society. The paper would add great new value by presenting the status of the various action plans of NIS and its challenges in facilitating corruption and integrity issues in the country.

Keywords

Bangladesh, National Integrity Strategy (NIS), Executive, Judiciary, Parliament