Adapting to Climate Change in Bangladesh: Good Governance Barriers
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Climate change poses a serious threat to humanity in developed and developing countries and is already affecting South Asia. This study examines the role that good governance plays for adapting to climate change in Bangladesh, arguing that lack of good governance in Bangladesh risks reducing adaptation preparedness to climate change in the country. There is evidence, mainly because of geophysical risk factors, to support arguments that good governance has anyway limited capacity in relation to adaptation measures to climate change in countries like Bangladesh. The article argues that the current politico-economic situation makes it doubtful whether Bangladesh will achieve the fullest possible ability to ensure good governance for better adaptation to climate change in the near future.
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Shahjahan Bhuiyan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo. His main research interests are in governance, public administration and policy, climate change and knowledge management.
Address: Department of Public Policy and Administration, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, The American University in Cairo, AUC Avenue, New Cairo 11835, Egypt. [e-mail: [email protected]]
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