Shahidul Islam, Author at RAPID Bangladesh

Latest Working Paper|| February 2026 || This paper estimates that, after post-LDC graduation, Bangladeshi RMG exporters need to absorb 30 to 80 per cent of the tariff shock in the EU market to remain competitive.

Latest Working Paper || February 2026 || This paper estimates that, after post-LDC graduation, Bangladeshi RMG exporters need to absorb 30 to 80 per cent of the tariff shock in the EU market to remain competitive

RAPID Retreat 2026 || One Team, Many Strengths: My Role, Our Momentum

Latest Policy Brief || February 2026 || The policy brief analyse the implications of revised rules of origin under the UK’s DCTS on Bangladesh’s export competitiveness

Promoting Inclusive Growth for Women: Shaping Bangladesh’s Economic Reform Agenda Beyond LDC Graduation and Mitigating Middle-Income Trap Risks

Policy Brief || January 2026|| A Critical Transition for Bangladesh: Stabilise Now, or Pay a Higher Price Later

Bangladesh IT/ITES Firms’ Export Readiness and UK Market Linkages

Estimating the Potential Tax Revenue from Direct and Indirect Sources in Bangladesh: Evidence from HIES 2022

Provide technical support for Leveraging Social Protection to End Child Marriage

Working Paper || January 2026 || This paper estimates the effective personal income tax schedule in Bangladesh using administrative tax return data.

RAPID Year in Review 2025

Working Paper || December 2025 || Over the past several decades, Bangladesh has recorded a sustained reduction in poverty, with the proportion of the population living below the national poverty line falling from more than half in the early 1990s to fewer than one in five in 2022, and extreme poverty declining from 34.3 to just 5.6 per cent.

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.

Scoping Study on Identifying WASH Sector Investment in the Budget Accounting System of Bangladesh for Effective Tracking

RAPID Seminar on Socio-economic Priorities for the Next Government

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.