01599pab a2200121 454500008004000000100002600040245006200066260000900128300001500137520124800152650002601400773005101426180718b2001   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aHuque, Ahmed Shafiqul  aGovernance and public management: the South Asian context  c2001  ap.1289-297  aPublic management in South Asia has had a chequered history.  Emerging out of a past influenced by foreign domination, the countries of the region were recognized as separate nations after the conclusion of the Second War.  Independence brought new challenges and responsibilities, and the region found it extremely difficult to make a complete break from the past, and establish a sound system of governance upon the existing practices and institutions for public management.  Political, social, economic and ethnic problems posed formidable obstacles in the way of establishing and reforming institutions, refining processes and strategies of management, and guiding the region toward a more eficient and effective system.  Considering the aims and objectives of good governance, this paper establishes the importance of public management as an essential tool in the process.  Faced with a variety of political, economic and social problems, the governments of South Asia are striving to keep up with the trend of establishing a system of good governance.  This is usually done by streamlining the structure of public management and developing a collaborative relationship between the political leadership and the civil service. - Reproduced  aPublic administration  aInternational Journal of Public Administration