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How machines are winning in garment factories as workers lose jobs
Latest Working Paper || This paper estimates the effective personal income tax schedule in Bangladesh using administrative tax return data.
RAPID Monthly Newsletter || December 2025
Budget After the White Paper and Taskforce Report: Navigating Stability and Reform in FY2025–26
Congratulations to Syful Islam and Saraf Wamia on being selected as RAPID Staff Members of the Month for December 2025!
Latest Policy Brief || December 2025|| This policy brief reflects on the efficacy, relevance, and future prospects of targeted community-driven interventions through the lens of RELI’s experience.
Policy Brief || November 2025|| Lightning has emerged as an acute, high-mortality climate threat in Bangladesh, causing over 300 annual fatalities since its formal designation as a natural disaster in 2016.
Policy Brief || Understanding Urban Poverty and Strengthening Social Protection for Urban Poor and Vulnerable Population
Policy Brief || October 2025|| This policy brief examines the impact of the newly imposed U.S. reciprocal tariffs on Bangladesh.
Development Letters March 2025-Apparel Export Prices: A Quality-Adjusted Analysis of the EU and US Markets-By Syful Islam
RAPID Staff Seminar Series
RAPID Chairman Dr M A Razzaque was invited to the talk show ‘How’s the Economy?’ conducted by BTV to discuss why export development is necessary.
RAPID Centre for International Trade (RCIT)
Research Report: Bangladesh needs to generate at least two million jobs every year to accommodate new entrants to the labour market, but there are only about one million jobs being created.
Final Policy Paper: Urban Poverty, Vulnerability, and Social Protection: An Assessment Using HIES 2022
Final Report: Out-of-pocket expenditure on medicines accounts for 73 per cent of total health spending in Bangladesh, significantly higher than the global average of 17 per cent.
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RAPID Seminar on Socio-economic Priorities for the Next Government
Workshop for Journalists on Implications of U.S. Reciprocal Tariffs and LDC Graduation: Concerns & Options for Bangladesh
Workshop on Research Methodology
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Budget After the White Paper and Taskforce Report: Navigating Stability and Reform in FY2025–26