02314pab a2200157 454500008004000000100002400040245008700064260000900151300001300160520183300173650002602006650003302032650002802065650001502093773004802108180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRoy, Prosanta Kumar  aCorruption in land management: a major impediment to good governance in Bangladesh  c2004  ap.17-37.  aGood governance in well thought-out the corruption-free, transparent management that involves legitimacy, accountability and efficiency of the government. Despite of a lot of foreign investments expected development had not been achieved in many countries including Bangladesh because of corruption. Corruption itself a ruinous act that also makes somebody changes from moral to immoral notion and state. Land management, the vital part of public administration of Bangladesh is very much corrupt as it is related with revenue earnings of the government. High competition is also perceived to have a piece of land for food, shelter and survival of an agro-based household even. The corrupt public sectors, in fact, exploit and deprive both the people and government through ill management and illegal earnings. Corruption in land management creates a lot of problems in public administration like generation of 3 million land litigation and misappropriation of Tk.1139.20 million per year. it is found that on average the parties involve in land litigation have to spend Tk 45,201 as bribe in addition to the legal cost of the litigation mediating process. It is disappointing that a poor landless has to pay Tk 7,000-10,000 as bribe in 12-15 steps in the khas land settlement process. In addition to those the survey and settlement, record updating, registration etc. are the major fields of corruption that affect the governance of Bangladesh in a great extent. Finally, the political government has to pay for this poor management and services due to corruption in land management sector. In conclusion, the paper presents some suggestions like introduction of transparent, efficient and pro-poor land management system along with modern techniques of preparation, updating and preservation of record of rights. - Reproduced.  aLand use - Bangladesh  aGood governance - Bangladesh  aCorruption - Bangladesh  aCorruption  aBangladesh Journal of Public Administration