Bangladesh Country Profile
General Information Sources
- The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
- World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
- The New York Times: ‘Bangladesh: Warrant Issued for Son of Former Premier’, 8 August 2011.
- Transparency International Bangladesh: 'Call to Reconsider the Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendement) Act 2011', 1 March 2011.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bangladesh 2010.
- The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Bangladesh 2010.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bangladesh 2010.
- TrustLaw: 'Q&A: Graft costs Bangladesh three percent of its GDP - Transparency International', 2 July 2010.
- BBC News: 'Bangladesh drops leader Sheikh Hasina corruption case', 30 May 2010.
- The Financial Express: 'Hasina cleared in another graft case', 23 April 2010.
- Agence France-Presse: 'Bangladesh High court throws out PM corruption', 12 March 2010.
- The Daily Star: 'HC quashes proceedings against Hasina', 10 March 2010.
- AmCham: Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh, Volume 1 No.3 Issue, October 2008.
- US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Bangladesh 2009.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
- Global Integrity: Bangladesh Country Report 2008.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
- Lexadin: The World Law Guide - Legislation Bangladesh 2008.
- Transparency International Bangladesh: National Household Survey 2007 on Corruption in Bangladesh 2008.
- Asia Times Online: 'Truth and graft in Bangladesh', 6 August 2008.
- AFP: 'Bribe-takers found in Bangladesh's anti-corruption body', 8 July 2008.
- The New Nation: 'Corruption in some sectors higher: TIB', 19 June 2008.
- Transparency International Bangladesh: Bangladesh Public Service Commission: A Diagnostic Study 2007.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007.
- The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2007.
- Ethical Corporation: Corruption - Bangladesh counts graft's costs, October 2007.
- The Washington Post: 'In Bangladesh, 'a Quiet Revolution'', 3 October 2007.
- The Associated Press: 'In Bangladesh, the plagues are many', 24 November 2007.
- BBC News: 'New Bangladesh corruption charges', 26 September 2007.
- The New York Times: 'Bangladesh military government holds 40 in graft sweep', 14 March 2007.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006.
- Transparency International Bangladesh: Passport Delivery Service: A Diagnostic Study 2006.
- Transparency International Bangladesh: Bangladesh Election Commission: A Diagnostic Study 2006.
- The Bangladesh Association of Consulting Engineers (BACE).
- CIA: The World Factbook - Bangladesh.
Corruption Levels Sources
Judicial System
Police
Licences, Infrastructure and Public Utilities
- The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
- World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
- Global Integrity: Bangladesh Country Report 2010.
- Transparency International Bangladesh: National Household Survey - Corruption in the Service Sectors 2010.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bangladesh 2010.
- US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Bangladesh 2010.
- New Age: 'Aminul Haque released on bail', 7 October 2009.
- The Daily Star: 'Aminul, Milon, Faisal get HC bail', 8 August 2009.
- Front Line: 'Bangladesh: Following the Siemens bribery trail', 1 April 2009.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
- AmCham: Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh, Volume 1 No.3 Issue, October 2008.
- Institute for Development Policy Analysis and Advocacy (Proshika): Accountability Arrangements to Combat Corruption in the Delivery of Infrastructure Services in Bangladesh 2007.
- Transparency International Bangladesh: Biman Bangladesh Airlines: A Diagnostic Study 2007.
- Transparency International Bangladesh Report on the Power Sector 2007.
- The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2007.
- BangladeshNews.com.bd: 'ACC to start examining 70,000 complaints', 7 December 2007.
- BangladeshNews.com.bd: 'ACC targets graft in the service sector', 7 December 2007.
Land Administration
Tax Administration
Customs Administration
Public Procurement and Contracting
Environment, Natural Resources and Extractive Industry
- Global Integrity: Bangladesh Country Report 2010.
- Bangladesh Today: 'SC stays bail of ex-forest boss Gani', 13 March 2009.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
- The New Nation: 'Secrets of Chief Conservator becoming multimillionaire', 1 June 2007.
- The Daily Star: 'Gani's shenanigans', 1 June 2007.
- Illegal-logging.info: 'Depletion of forests by the forest lord! Indiscriminate exploitation must stop', 8 June 2007.
Public Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bangladesh 2011.
- Bdnews 24: 'ACC amendment bill to see changes', 19 May 2011.
- BBC News: 'Bangladesh truth commission is declared 'illegal'', 16 May 2011.
- Bdnews 24: 'Bill to abolish tax ombudsman's office placed in JS', 14 March 2011.
- Transparency International Bangladesh: 'Call to Reconsider the Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendement) Act 2011', 1 March 2011.
- MSN News: 'B''desh approves proposal to clip anti-corruption body's power', 25 January 2011.
- AFP: 'Bangladesh anti-graft official 'held taking bribe'', 24 January 2011.
- United Nations: E-Government Survey 2010.
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bangladesh 2010.
- US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Bangladesh 2010.
- Global Integrity: Bangladesh Country Report 2010.
- The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Bangladesh 2010.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bangladesh 2010.
- The Financial Express: 'Move to amend anti-graft law and relevant issues', 22 August 2010.
- The Daily Star: 'Free ACC at stake', 19 August 2010.
- The Daily Star: 'Changes in law to make ACC dysfunctional', 19 May 2010.
- The Daily Star: 'Anti-graft body to lose teeth', 3 May 2010.
- Bdnews 24: 'Govt drafting law to protect 'whistleblowers'', 3 March 2011.
- The Daily Star: 'Graft eats away up to 50pc of contract value', 4 February 2010.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
- International Freedom of Expression eXchange: 'Right to Information Act comes into effect', 14 July 2009.
- Global Integrity: Bangladesh Country Report 2008.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
- Lexadin: The World Law Guide - Legislation Bangladesh 2008.
- AFP: 'Bangladesh approves graft truth commission', 26 May 2008.
- The Financial Express: 'Truth and Accountability Commission', 1 April 2008.
- The Bangabhaban: 'Tax ombudsman submits annual report to President', 3 April 2008.
- The Financial Express: 'Tax Ombudsman: A new concept for Bangladesh', 8 March 2008.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007.
- Transparency International Bangladesh, Iftekharuzzaman: The UN Convention Against Corruption - Implications for Bangladesh - What Next? 2007.
- Transparency International Bangladesh, Iftekharuzzaman: Ombudsman for Good Governance in Bangladesh - Why Now, and How? 2007.
- Transparency International Bangladesh: Bangladesh Public Service Commission: A Diagnostic Study 2007.
- BangladeshNews.com.bd: 'Bringing back siphoned off money impeded', 4 December 2007.
- BBC News: 'New Bangladesh Corruption Charges,' 26 September 2007.
- ADB & OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific: Curbing Corruption in Public Procurement in Asia and the Pacific 2006.
- ADB & OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific: Thematic Review on provisions and practices to curb corruption in public procurement: Self-assessment report Bangladesh 2005-2006.
Private Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources
