Mohammad Mohabbat Khan

Professor of Public Administration
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Focus Area(s)
Civil Service
Interviewers
Andrew Schalkwyk
Country of Reform
Bangladesh
Town/City
Dhaka
Country
Bangladesh
Date of Interview
Friday, February 20, 2009
Abstract

Mohammad Mohabbat Khan details the challenges facing the civil service in Bangladesh at the time, chief of which was to restore credibility in the mind of the public.  He details some attempts at reform, which he characterizes as somewhat disjointed. He identifies the various commissions formed to assess and make recommendations for reforms, and describes their perceived failings and the obstacles they encountered.   He assesses the challenges to reform when high-ranking politicians and civil servants are comfortable with the status quo.

Case Study:  Energizing the Civil Service: Managing at The Top 2, Bangladesh, 2006-2011

Full Interview

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Profile

At the time of this interview, Mohammad Mohabbat Khan was a senior professor in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was appointed to the post of professor in 1983. He earned an honors degree in political science, a master's in public administration from the University of Dhaka, a master's in public administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and a doctorate from the University of Southern California.  He served on the Bangladesh Public Service Commission and taught at universities in Jordan, Nigeria, Singapore and the U.S.  He has written 16 books in the areas of governance and public sector reform.

Keywords
Reform sequencing
Donor Relations
civil service commission
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