selected scholarly activity
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books
- Handbook of Development Policy 2021
- Introduction: The panorama of development policy 2021
- Preface 2021
- Managing Public Services: Crises and Lessons from Hong Kong 2018
- International Development Governance. Ed. 117. 2017
- Managing Development in a Globalized World 2017
- Preface. Ed. 117. 2017
- Public Service in a Globalized World 2017
- Conclusion 2014
- Asian Immigrants in North America with HIV/AIDS 2014
- Public Sector Reforms in Developing Countries 2014
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chapters
- Non-traditional Migration in South Asia. IMISCOE Research Series. 37-48. 2023
- Open Government in a Non-democratic Context? Access to Information in Hong Kong. 107-125. 2023
- Public administration in twenty-first century Bangladesh: fossilised, bureaucratised, politicised. 270-283. 2023
- Preface 2021
- Corruption and its Control: The Pursuit of Probity in Bangladesh. 57-77. 2021
- COUNTRY CASES. 461-461. 2021
- DEVELOPMENT ISSUES. 171-171. 2021
- Development policy: Ideas and practice. 12-24. 2021
- EXPLORING THE FIELD. 11-11. 2021
- POLICY MECHANICS. 324-324. 2021
- REGIONAL FOCUS. 391-391. 2021
- Governance for Inclusive Development in South and East Asia: A Comparison of India and China. 251-273. 2018
- Citizen Participation and Empowerment. 307-326. 2017
- Contextualizing Development in a Globalized World. 3-40. 2017
- Decentralization and Intergovernmental Relationships. 271-288. 2017
- Development Policy Making. 209-238. 2017
- Development and Its Dimensions. 41-72. 2017
- Education and Advocacy. 369-388. 2017
- Environmental Protection. 389-410. 2017
- Health and Population Management. 347-368. 2017
- Implementing Policy and Planning Development. 239-268. 2017
- Introduction: Challenges of Governing Development. 3-12. 2017
- Management Reforms and Capacity Building. 289-306. 2017
- Managing Development: Future Directions. 411-424. 2017
- Managing and Networking Development. 181-208. 2017
- Rural Development and Microfinance. 327-346. 2017
- The Inclusive Developmental State and Institutions of Development. 109-152. 2017
- The State in Development. 73-108. 2017
- Understanding Development Governance: Concepts, Institutions, and Processes. 13-50. 2017
- Crisis and Emergency Management. 527-541. 2017
- Public Management as a Building Block for Governance: Drawing on the Experiences of Hong Kong. Public Administration, Governance and Globalization. 65-81. 2015
- Public Management as a Building Block for Governance: Drawing on the Experiences of Hong Kong. Public Administration, Governance and Globalization. 65-81. 2015
- Introduction. 3-9. 2014
- Public management reform in developing countries. 10-22. 2014
- Conclusion: Reflections on the paradoxes of public management reforms in developing countries. 193-197. 2014
- Public management reform in developing countries: Contradictions and the inclusive state. 10-22. 2014
- Tradition and Public Administration. 57-68. 2010
- Evaluation of Public Service Training in India. 449-463. 2009
- Globalization, bureaucracy, and administrative reform in Hong Kong. 586-599. 2006
- Dilemmas and Strategies for Development in Bangladesh. 211-223. 1999
- Administering the Dragons: Challenges and Issues. 1-32. 1996
- Public Administration in the NICs: Accomplishments and Challenges. 142-161. 1996
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conferences
- The 'holy grail' of governance Drivers, challenges and opportunities for developing countries. PUBLIC POLICY AND GOVERNANCE IN BANGLADESH: FORTY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. 15-30. 2016
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journal articles
- Electronic public service delivery: progress and challenges in Bangladesh. Public Administration and Policy. ahead-of-print. 2024
- The Bangladeshi Rights and Protection of Persons With Disability Act of 2013: A Policy Analysis. Journal of Disability Policy Studies. 33:178-187. 2022
- Service providers’ perspectives in providing services to children with disabilities and their families in Bangladesh. Disability and Rehabilitation. 44:4700-4708. 2022
- Inward Conquest: The Political Origins of Modern Public Services. Political Science Quarterly. 137:450-451. 2022
- Experience of families in accessing government-led support for children with disabilities in Bangladesh. Disability and Rehabilitation. 44:1354-1366. 2022
- Non-Conventional Migration: An Evolving Pattern in South Asia. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 57:335-351. 2022
- Religion in the Age of Migration. Politics, Religion & Ideology. 23:62-76. 2022
- Stigma, discrimination and HIV or AIDS: an empirical investigation of Asian immigrants and refugees in Canada. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare. 2022
- Infrastructure, Political Conflict, and Stakeholder Interests: The Case of a Public–Private Partnership in Bangladesh. Public Works Management and Policy. 26:75-94. 2021
- Demoralization-led migration in Bangladesh: A sense of insecurity-based decision-making model. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics. 5:351-370. 2020
- Introduction to the special issue. Public Administration and Policy. 23:109-110. 2020
- Civil service reforms in Hong Kong and Thailand: similar goals, different paths. Public Administration and Policy. 23:111-123. 2020
- Exploring access to government-led support for children with disabilities in Bangladesh. PLoS ONE. 15:e0235439-e0235439. 2020
- Balancing Values, Pressures and Demands: Strategies for Public Administration in Hong Kong and China. Chinese Public Administration Review. 10:54-64. 2019
- Reassessing the contents and context of governance in Asia: recognizing achievements. Asian Education and Development Studies. 8:353-363. 2019
- Bureaucratic and political leadership in Bangladesh: dynamics of administrative reform and the public interest. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. 41:169-180. 2019
- Climate change, regulatory policies and regional cooperation in South Asia. Public Administration and Policy. 21:22-35. 2018
- The challenge of assessing governance in Asian states: Hong Kong in the Worldwide Governance Indicators ranking. Asian Journal of Political Science. 26:276-291. 2018
- Administrative leadership in developing countries. International Journal of Public Leadership. 13:214-217. 2017
- Does public participation matter? Inclusive growth in East Asia. Asian Journal of Political Science. 24:163-181. 2016
- Public Money and Mickey Mouse: Evaluating performance and accountability in the Hong Kong Disneyland joint venture public–private partnership. Public Management Review. 17:1103-1123. 2015
- Can Public Management Contribute to Governance in Developing Countries?. Public Organization Review. 13:397-409. 2013
- Challenges for Public Service Capacity and the Role of Public Employee Training as a Moderator in India. Public Management Review. 15:1116-1136. 2013
- Some Neglected Aspects of Performance in Field Administration in Bangladesh. International Journal of Public Administration. 34:318-328. 2011
- Accountability and governance: strengthening extra‐bureaucratic mechanisms in Bangladesh. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management. 60:59-74. 2011
- Managing the Public Sector in Hong Kong: Trends and Adjustments. Asian Journal of Political Science. 18:269-288. 2010
- Federalism and the Implementation of Environmental Policy: Changing Trends in Canada and the United States. Public Organization Review. 10:71-88. 2010
- Does Ideology Matter? Incentive, Efficiency and Management in the Public Sector. International Journal of Public Administration. 32:929-950. 2009
- Marketisation of Public Services in Developing Countries. The Indian journal of public administration : quarterly journal of the Indian Institute of Public Administration. 54:255-274. 2008
- Expectations and performance: assessment of public service training in Hong Kong. International Journal of Human Resource Management, The. 19:188-204. 2008
- Local Leadership: Development, Problems and Potential in Bangladesh. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. 29:223-239. 2007
- Book Reviews. The Indian journal of public administration : quarterly journal of the Indian Institute of Public Administration. 53:854-860. 2007
- Shifting emphasis in the role of the state: Urban housing reform in China1. Asian Journal of Political Science. 13:53-74. 2005
- Contracting Out and Trust in the Public Sector: Cases of Management from Hong Kong. Public Organization Review. 5:69-84. 2005
- Explaining the Myth of Public Sector Reform in South Asia: De-Linking Cause and Effect. Policy and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Policy Research. 24:97-121. 2005
- Balancing Values, Pressures and Demands: Strategies for Public Administration in Hong Kong and China. Chinese Public Administration Review. 2:9-17. 2004
- Performance Measures and Security Risk Management: a Hong Kong Example. International Review of Administrative Sciences. 70:77-87. 2004
- From Domination to Alliance: Shifting Strategies and Accumulation of Power by the Bureaucracy in Bangladesh. Public Organization Review. 3:403-418. 2003
- Globalization and Reunification: Administrative Reforms and the China–Hong Kong Convergence Challenge. Public Administration Review. 63:141-152. 2003
- Bangladesh: Promise and performance. Journal of Contemporary Asia. 32:142-144. 2002
- Government-Society Relations and the Politics of Administrative Reform in Hong Kong. Public Policy and Administration. 17:5-20. 2002
- The Framework of Regulation and the Operation of Non-Governmental Organisations in Bangladesh. The Indian journal of public administration : quarterly journal of the Indian Institute of Public Administration. 48:61-75. 2002
- GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: THE SOUTH ASIAN CONTEXT. International Journal of Public Administration. 24:1289-1297. 2001
- PUBLIC MANAGEMENT FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE: REFORMS, REGIMES, AND REALITY IN BANGLADESH. International Journal of Public Administration. 24:1379-1403. 2001
- Issues in Public Management: Political Direction and Public Communication in Hong Kong. International Review of Public Administration. 6:109-120. 2001
- United They Survive: Redistribution, Leadership and Human Services Delivery in Rural Bangladesh. Pacific Affairs. 74:615-615. 2001
- Decentralization and Local Politics: Readings in Indian Government and Politics, 2. Pacific Affairs. 73:610-610. 2000
- Book Review: Serving the State, Global Public Administration Education and Training. Teaching Public Administration. 19:56-57. 1999
- “One region, many issues”, and the Enigma of Hong Kong. Asian Journal of Political Science. 7:135-142. 1999
- Hong Kong's policy of positive nonintervention: A critical appraisal of the 1998 stock market intervention. Issues and Studies. 35:152-173. 1999
- Social Policy in Hong Kong. Pacific Affairs. 72:94-94. 1999
- New Rhetoric, Old Directions: Public Policy in the Hong Kong SAR. Asian Affairs. 25:151-164. 1998
- Quality Assurance and Public Administration Education in Hong Kong. Teaching Public Administration. 18:45-59. 1998
- Disaster management and the inter-organizational imperative: The Hong Kong Disaster Plan. Issues and Studies. 34:104-123. 1998
- Public Administration in the NICs: Challenges and Accomplishments.. Pacific Affairs. 71:403-403. 1998
- Public management in South Asia: dimensions and directions of change. International Journal of Public Administration. 21:1473-1510. 1998
- Teaching Public Administration in Hong Kong: Bridging Theory and Practice. Political Science. 49:101-114. 1997
- Teaching Public Administration Through Experientials: A Case from Hong Kong. Teaching Public Administration. 17:21-33. 1997
- The impact of colonialism: thoughts on politics and governance in Bangladesh. Asian Affairs. 28:15-27. 1997
- Hong Kong: Administrative Reform and Recent Public Sector Changes — The Institutionalisation of New Values. Australian Journal of Public Administration. 55:13-21. 1996
- Public Service Training in a Changing Society: Challenge and Response in Hong Kong. Teaching Public Administration. 16:1-16. 1996
- Public administration in Bangladesh: Reflection on reforms1. Asian Journal of Political Science. 4:85-97. 1996
- The changing nature of public administration in Hong Kong: Past, present, future. Issues and Studies. 32:113-130. 1996
- Governmental Change and Constitutional Amendments in Bangladesh. South Asian Survey. 2:255-270. 1995
- Economic development and democratization: Hong Kong's experience. Asian Journal of Political Science. 3:49-64. 1995
- Development Programs in Bangladesh: Hardware versus Software. Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions. 8:281-292. 1995
- Transition and the Localization of the Civil Service in Hong Kong. International Review of Administrative Sciences. 61:107-120. 1995
- Organization design and effectiveness: a study of anti-crime organizations in Hong Kong. International Journal of Public Administration. 18:639-657. 1995
- Public Administration in India: Evolution, Change, and Reform. The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. 16:249-259. 1994
- Renunciation, De‐Stigmatisation and Prevention of Crime in Hong Kong. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. 33:338-351. 1994
- Book Reviews. The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. 15:280-294. 1993
- Culture, Society and the Teaching of Public Administration: Evidence from Bangladesh and Hong Kong. Teaching Public Administration. 13:28-44. 1993
- Changing pattern of local government system in Bangladesh: recent restructuring and policy implications. Administrative Change. 21:92-104. 1993
- Elections in Bangladesh. Asian Affairs. 19:248-261. 1993
- Performance of local councils in the collection of revenue in Bangladesh. Public Administration & Development. 12:343-354. 1992
- Public Personnel Administration: Tradition, Problems and Issues in Bangladesh. The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. 14:25-45. 1992
- Teaching Public Administration in a Developing Country: Bangladesh. Teaching Public Administration. 12:16-22. 1992
- Multiple Explanations of Administrative Behaviour — A Review. The Indian journal of public administration : quarterly journal of the Indian Institute of Public Administration. 36:228-239. 1990
- Politics and Administration in Bangladesh: Problems of Participation.. Pacific Affairs. 63:272-272. 1990
- The Administration of Decentralized Planning in Bangladesh. The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. 11:151-169. 1989
- PERSPECTIVES ON TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT - DWIVEDI,OP. Canadian Public Administration. 32:494-495. 1989
- Militarisation and opposition in Bangladesh: Parliamentary approval and public reaction*. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 27:172-184. 1989
- Biharis in Bangladesh: the third great migration, vol. viii:2. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 9:373-380. 1988
- The Ubiquity of Islam: Religion and Society in Bangladesh. Pacific Affairs. 60:200-200. 1987
- Politics and Administration in a Periurban Community in Bangladesh. Asian Survey. 26:959-972. 1986
- Politics and Administration in a Periurban Community in Bangladesh. Asian Survey. 26:959-972. 1986
- Role of Administrative Elites : A Reassessment. The Indian journal of public administration : quarterly journal of the Indian Institute of Public Administration. 32:268-276. 1986
- The illusion of decentralization: local administration in Bangladesh. International Review of Administrative Sciences. 52:79-95. 1986
- Bangladesh. Society, Politics and Bureaucracy.. Pacific Affairs. 59:346-346. 1986
- POLITICS, PARLIAMENT AND LOCAL-GOVERNMENT REFORM - THE CASE OF BANGLADESH. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 23:211-225. 1985
- Politics, parliament and local government reform: The case of Bangladesh. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 23:212-225. 1985
- The politics of local government reform in rural Bangladesh. Public Administration & Development. 5:205-217. 1985
- On Decision-Making Models for Developed and Developing Countries. Hong Kong Journal of Public Administration. 4:51-58. 1982
- THE ARMY AND THE STATE - MILITARY-INTERVENTION IN THE POLITICS OF BANGLADESH AND PAKISTAN. The Indian political science review. 16:80-93. 1982
- Balance Values, Pressures, and Demands: Strategies for Public Administration in Hong Kong and China. Chinese Public Administration Review. 2:9-9.