A Rights-Based Assessment (RBA) of Bangladesh's National Budget 2014-15

29 Pages Posted: 24 Nov 2015

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Emraan Azad

Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP); Dhaka Law Review

Mahmudul Hasan

George Washington University - Law School

Muhammad Hassan

BRAC Center - Advocacy for Social Change

Date Written: November 18, 2015

Abstract

This paper examines Bangladesh’s National Budget of 2014-15 from the perspective of a rights-based approach (RBA) to development model. Comprised of plans, policies and processes of development, the national budget has been analyzed to understand how a RBA model can incorporate the concept of human development in the design and implementation process of different development programs mandated by the annual budget. The paper aims to present the rights-based inquiry of national budget by putting it into a system of rights and corresponding obligations established by the normative framework of international human rights law. In addition, the paper assesses the prospects of promoting the sustainability of development work, empowering people themselves – especially the most marginalized and disadvantaged – to participate in policy formulation and holding accountable those who have a duty to act. Based on these analyses, recommendations for evaluation and monitoring of Bangladesh’s national budget’s implementation in line with the rights-based development model for all citizens are proposed and elucidated.

Keywords: rights-based approach (RBA), human rights, human development, Bangladesh, budget

JEL Classification: K33, O15, O11

Suggested Citation

Azad, Emraan and Hasan, Mahmudul and Hassan, Muhammad, A Rights-Based Assessment (RBA) of Bangladesh's National Budget 2014-15 (November 18, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2692835 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2692835

Emraan Azad

Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) ( email )

Mirpur-12 Cantonment
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Dhaka, Dhaka 1216
Bangladesh

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Dhaka Law Review ( email )

Dhaka, 1000
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Mahmudul Hasan (Contact Author)

George Washington University - Law School ( email )

2000 H Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20052
United States

Muhammad Hassan

BRAC Center - Advocacy for Social Change ( email )

75 Mohakhali
Dhaka, 1212
Bangladesh

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