Bangladesh is a developing country where the public in general, and international donors in particular, have become impatient with the poor quality of governance(world bank(WB)1996).
The worsening governance situation, especially the culture of confrontational party politics and corruption, has been seen as the most serious impediment to the development of bangladesh (Rahaman 2007).
In addition, bangladesh has hosted a large number of multilateral and bilateral donors.In the early years following independence in 1971, donors' policy focused mainly on economic matters, but since the 1990s, they have increasingly emphasized the governance issue, such that good governance reform is now the priority objective of many donors (Asian Development Bank(ADB) 2005; United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 2005; Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) 2006; WB 2006).
The WB, for example,states that 'the principal focus in core governance will be to increase transparency and accountability and reduce opportunities for corruption' (WB 2006,4).
Generally, the international donor community (IDC) in bangladest has a large portfolio on governance reform, including approximately 178 projects.