A conversation on public service reform in Bangladesh
It's a daunting task, but some practical steps are still possible
I spoke with Asif Iqbal and Subail Bin Alam.
The BRAIN Conversation was held on 23 November 2024.
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Before we reform the civil service which I TOTALLY THINK WILL WORK, we have waay more low hanging fruit when it comes to privatisation. The textile mills, the jute mills, the sugar mills, the alcohol distilleries, the gas companies, electricity generation and retail, the oil company, seaports, airports, Biman (or as I like to call it Beiman) etc.
You might be aware of this already but we know for certain that the public sector are just lazy and increasing their salary doesn't do anything.
Here's the study. Doubling the salary of teachers didn't even reduce teacher absentism but increased their job satisfaction (I wonder why). https://www.nber.org/papers/w21806