Corruption is a governance issue and a key obstacle to sustainable and equitable development.
The sustained reduction of deeply entrenched corruption requires improvement in the quality of
governance. This paper highlights the view that corruption can be combated if good governance
can be put into practice, i.e. ‘good governance’ has been viewed as a key strategy to curb
corruption. The argument is developed in three sections: in the first section, the article focuses on
the conceptualization of corruption, governance and good governance. In the second section, the
article examines corruption-good governance nexus and in the final section, the article outlines
issues and experiences related to corruption in Bangladesh.