Resource Mobilisation in South Asia: Local Governance and Financial Sustainability in Bangladesh (Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics) - Hardcover

Panday, Pranab Kumar; Ahsan, A. H. M. Kamrul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1041215762 ISBN 13: 9781041215769

Publisher: Routledge, 2026

Synopsis

This book analyses the challenges and possibilities connected to resource mobilisation in local government systems within South Asia; the book focuses on Bangladesh while placing the nation's experiences within the larger regional context alongside India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

Local governments in South Asia operate within intricate political and administrative structures often marked by centralisation, limited financial autonomy, and socio-economic inequalities. Through case studies, surveys, and interviews, the book offers qualitative and quantitative data to provide a detailed investigation of resource mobilisation, and the chapters offer actionable solutions with practical illustrations for enhancing local government structures. The comparative approach acknowledges particular socio-economic and political contexts while identifying regional trends and transferable lessons for improving fiscal sustainability and governance reforms.

The book will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students working in South Asian politics, Asian development, and public policy and governance studies more broadly. Scholars will benefit from relevant analysis examining decentralisation, fiscal federalism, and good local governance in contemporary policy debates.

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About the Author

Pranab Kumar Panday is Professor in the Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh and Former Adjunct Professor at Central Queensland University, Australia. He was also a visiting Fulbright scholar at the Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University, USA. His previous publications with Routledge include, "Local government transformation and citizen engagement in Bangladesh" (Routledge, 2025, with A. Al-Maruf), Gender-responsive budgeting in South Asia: Experience of Bangladeshi local governance (Routledge, 2021, with S. Chowdhury) and "Government and NGOs in South Asia: Local Collaboration in Bangladesh" (Routledge, 2019, with M. J. H. Majumdar).

Md. A. H. M. Kamrul Ahsan, PhD, is a Professor at the Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. His research interests include policy implementation, service delivery and accountability. He has published a good number of books and academic articles in international journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1041215762
• ISBN 13: 9781041215769
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 178