Governance with less paperwork

By AZ, Dhaka
21 August 2004, 18:00 PM
The government recently amended some procedures for approving certain categories of draft development projects quickly, with some less paperwork and processing.

Former US president Bill Clinton mentions in his book that during his tenure of eight years, his administration reduced the paperwork in government offices by 16,000 pages of regulations, and cut down the federal workforce by 300,000 personnel, and saved the exchequer $136 million in tax money.

Let Dhaka set a target for 1,000 pages, to start with. Time limit? From here to eternity! Long live Bangladesh!