The survey data was used to test eight "commonly held views" about Bangladesh's public sector developed by reviewing the literature on Bangladesh's public sector.

Click on a question to see what was asked and how officials responded

	Prior Assertion	Questions used to test this assertion	Whether supported by survey findings
1.	Politicians and senior officials show favoritism in awarding employment opportunities and contracts	18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 64, 98, 100	Partially Supported
2.	There are very few rewards for excellent performance	37, 28, 39, 40, 54, 55	Partially Supported
3.	Bad performance is seldom formally punished	51, 59, 60, 61, 63, 66	Strongly Supported
4.	Staff are assigned tasks for which they were not recruited	42, 43	Not Supported
5.	Control is not delegated sufficiently	44, 45, 46, 47	Strongly Supported
6.	Class I officials are a well-organized interest group	25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 51, 53, 63	Supported
7.	Public officials make more than their official salaries	52, 69, 70, 75, 76, 97	Strongly Supported
8.	Budget management is weak	84, 85, 87, 88	Supported

Do you have suggestions on how survey data can be used further to test these prior assertions? We welcome your feedback!