Role Of Bureaucracy For Good Governance

As a government, especially in poor countries, has a major responsibility of alleviating poverty, raising people’s social and economic status and accelerating the pace of national development, good and efficient governance is very much essential to accomplish these goals. And bureaucracy is the vehicle to implement plans, policies and programmes of the government. Unless the administration is efficient and effective, government’s development programmes cannot reach and benefit the target section of the society. However, there is a widespread feeling among general people that our bureaucracy has not lived up to popular expectation. Corruption and red tapism are serious problems in our bureaucracy. Against this background, there has been a decline in the image of Nepal’s administration. It is thus very imperative to check corruption, tendency of avoiding responsibilities and red tapism in the bureaucracy. Bureaucratic red tapism and corruption not only affect development activities but also erode people’s faith in administration and democracy. The role of bureaucracy is crucial in institutionalising democracy, strengthening democratic institutions, providing quick service to the needy people and carrying out development activities in a more effective and efficient way.

Sangeeta Khati
Maitidevi, Kathmandu