Representative and responsive bureaucracy in Nepal: a mismatch or a realistic assumption?
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate, firstly, to what extent has Nepal’s bureaucracy become representative in terms of reflecting the country’s demographic composition, and secondly, has the bureaucracy become more responsive to citizens since the implementation of a quota policy i...
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| description | Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate, firstly, to what extent has Nepal’s bureaucracy become representative in terms of reflecting the country’s demographic composition, and secondly, has the bureaucracy become more responsive to citizens since the implementation of a quota policy in 2007. Design/methodology/approach – This paper relies on factual and perceptual data in analysis. In order to analyze and interpret representative bureaucracy, this paper adopts factual data derived from the secondary sources, especially data generated by the Government of Nepal. Second, the perceptual set of data was collected through two rounds (2008, 2014) of a country-representative survey in Nepal. Findings – The findings suggest that in terms of representativeness, the bureaucracy is still dominated by high-caste Hindus, while other ethnic communities, except the Newars, are utterly under-represented. Surprisingly, Dalits are represented in higher posts as per their percentage in the population, but they are still underrepresented in the civil service in general. Women’s representation has also increased through participation in the civil service, but they still mostly hold junior or non-gazetted posts. Citizens’ evaluations regarding responsiveness and processes of service provision are also mixed. Originality/value – This paper is a unique attempt to understand the aspects of representativeness and responsiveness in relation to Nepalese Civil Service. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d73a236fb4eb4ea1b32abd41ae0640d52022-12-22T03:32:50ZengEmerald PublishingPublic Administration and Policy1727-26452517-679X2020-09-0123214115610.1108/PAP-03-2020-0016648574Representative and responsive bureaucracy in Nepal: a mismatch or a realistic assumption?Ishtiaq Jamil0Hasan Muhammad Baniamin1University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayNorth South University, Dhaka, BangladeshPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate, firstly, to what extent has Nepal’s bureaucracy become representative in terms of reflecting the country’s demographic composition, and secondly, has the bureaucracy become more responsive to citizens since the implementation of a quota policy in 2007. Design/methodology/approach – This paper relies on factual and perceptual data in analysis. In order to analyze and interpret representative bureaucracy, this paper adopts factual data derived from the secondary sources, especially data generated by the Government of Nepal. Second, the perceptual set of data was collected through two rounds (2008, 2014) of a country-representative survey in Nepal. Findings – The findings suggest that in terms of representativeness, the bureaucracy is still dominated by high-caste Hindus, while other ethnic communities, except the Newars, are utterly under-represented. Surprisingly, Dalits are represented in higher posts as per their percentage in the population, but they are still underrepresented in the civil service in general. Women’s representation has also increased through participation in the civil service, but they still mostly hold junior or non-gazetted posts. Citizens’ evaluations regarding responsiveness and processes of service provision are also mixed. Originality/value – This paper is a unique attempt to understand the aspects of representativeness and responsiveness in relation to Nepalese Civil Service.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/PAP-03-2020-0016/full/pdf?title=representative-and-responsive-bureaucracy-in-nepal-a-mismatch-or-a-realistic-assumptionrepresentative bureaucracyresponsive bureaucracycivil servicenepal |
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| title | Representative and responsive bureaucracy in Nepal: a mismatch or a realistic assumption? |
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| title_short | Representative and responsive bureaucracy in Nepal: a mismatch or a realistic assumption? |
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