Shahidul Islam

What are the principles of effective budget reporting?

Put yourself in Finance Minister’s shoes: What will be your allocations to different sectors?

RAPID in Media: Preparing next budget a daunting task amid IMF pressure and global economic slowdown

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) survey on behavioral aspects of the beneficiaries of Mother and Child Benefit Programme (M&CBP)

Assessment of Skills Demand and Skills Gaps in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Industry of Bangladesh

Bangladesh–EU Trade and Geoeconomics

Research Paper: Diagnostics for Urban Poverty and the Social Security Needs of the Urban Poor in Bangladesh

The proportion of people living in the urban areas will be 68% of total global population by 2050 (UNDESA, 2018).

Report: 50 Years of EU-Bangladesh Partnership

What are the emerging challenges that may affect Bangladesh-EU trade and economic relations?

Working Paper || April 2020|| Is the Global Compact on Refugees Adequate to Address the Complexities of the Rohingya Response in Bangladesh?

Today, Bangladesh hosts around 850,000 Rohingya refugees.

Policy Brief: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in Bangladesh’s Leather Sector Post-Tanning Industry Relocation in Saver

Since the relocation of our tanning industry in saver, the export earnings from leather and leather goods in 2017-18 fell by more than 12 percent to $1.08 billion from $1.23 billion in 2016-17.

Policy Brief: How to expand exports to the UK market?

UK has introduced its preferential trading scheme for developing countries, marking its departure from the EU's Generalized System of Preference (GSP).

Policy Brief: Enhancing social protection for female tea garden workers and their families in Sylhet division

More than half of the tea garden working population are multidimensionally poor, compared to 24.6 per cent of national households.

RAPID in Electronic Media: যুক্তরাজ্যে বাংলাদেশের রপ্তানি ২০৩০ সালে ১১ বিলিয়ন ডলারে পৌঁছাবে!

Unutilised export potential

Between 2017 and 2021, the net FDI flow in Bangladesh from EU countries was $3.5 billion

RAPID in News paper: Post-LDC challenges in EU market-Develop a long-term plan to stay in race

Promoting Digital Sectors of Bangladesh: What Role for Cross-border Data Flows?

The ICT sector - the next engine of growth with an aspirational target of 5 billion exports and two million employment by 2025.

RAPID in News Paper: Agro-processing yet to meet UK demands.

Expanding and Diversifying exports to the UK Market: Agro-processing industries.

The UK has introduced its preferential trading schemes for developing countries.

What are the policy support and incentives needed to make the light engineering industries in the UK market?

Bangladesh exported 28 light engineering items to the UK at HS 8-digit level in FY22.

RAPID in Media: UK’s new trade facility widens scope for non-garment exports.