Development Administration:
Social, economic and political development through Public Administration.
Administrative Development:
Increasing and improving the capabilities of the administrative system for effective development administration.
Role of Bureaucracy in Development Administration in developing countries:
Development administration is the social economic and political development of a state or Nation. Before concluding what is the role of Bureaucracy in development administration, we should define what is social, economic and political development. Social development is the development in social affairs of community like equal distribution of resources among citizens, maintaining law and order, equality and non-discrimination among citizens, neutrality of bureaucracy, modern techniques used in handling public affairs and provision of all necessary health facilities. Secondly, economic development is the increase in the resources of the state. How would the state increase its resources? The state would collect tax duties, excise, customs, withholding tax, and income tax to increase its Inland Revenue. We know that the collection of tax is the job of Bureaucracy. Thirdly, political development is the development in political fields i.e. political culture, increase in political participation, civil supremacy, transparency in elections and smooth transfer of power among political parties. In all these fields, bureaucracy plays its pivotal role. If the Bureaucracy would do its job faithfully, it would collect more and more revenue for the state and the state would be economically developed. Political parties come and go, but bureaucracy remains in the field to do its assigned job. Legislation is dependent on civil servants in policy making procedure, which makes bureaucracy powerful enough to strengthen itself.
In developing countries including Pakistan, bureaucracy’s role in development administration is undermined because of given reasons:
- Poor economy
- Lack of resources
- Lag behind in IT (Information Technology)
- Infrastructure (poor facilities)
- Unskilled supportive staff
- Negative role of Politicians (political affiliation or political pressure)
- Targeted accountability