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This study aims to assess the employment and working conditions in Bangladesh’s leather industry.
If Bangladesh imposes controls similar to India, the adverse output impact could be 0.58% as a result of a 29% drop in digital service exports.
What can be done to make the most out of the market access facility in China? Leaf through this piece by RAPID Chairman Dr M A Razzaque.
It is imperative for Bangladesh to judiciously navigate the digital fields, carefully assessing the local and global impacts of potential rules and regulations related to data flows and streamlining such laws.
‘প্রত্যক্ষ করের মাধ্যমে রাজস্ব বাড়ানো এবং অসমতা দূরীকরণ’ শিরোনামের সেমিনারে বক্তারা বলেন, সক্ষমতা থাকা সত্ত্বেও দেশের মানুষ কর দেন না, এটা যেমন ঠিক, তেমনি কর দিতে মানুষের ভয়ভীতি ও হয়রানির আশঙ্কাও ঠিক।
Giving entrepreneurs a subsidy on capital investment for setting up import substitution industries and offering them various incentives are definitely important to replace foreign imports with domestic production.
The government recently published a gazette on the export policy for fiscal years 2021-24. A target of $80 billion in exports has been set for 2024. RAPID chairman Dr M A Razzaque has talked with The Business Standard regarding the policy and whether the targets set are indeed achievable
When it comes to recruiting freshers, a considerable gap between the skill levels demanded by the employers and the level of skills possessed by the freshers has been found. Read more from this UNDP-RAPID study.
RAPID Chairman Dr M A Razzaque conducted a capacity building workshop on awareness gaps in social protection. What gaps are there among the stakeholders? Explore through the slides.
Leaf through the July-September 2021 issue of RAPID's quarterly periodical - Development Letters.
This paper for UNDP, co-authored by RAPID Chairman Dr M A Razzaque, argues that Bangladesh must adapt and adjust fast to the changing global trade and investment regimes to remain a competitive exporter in the global market. Read the executive summary here
RAPID Chairman, Dr Razzaque, with UN ESCAP's Dr Yusuke Tateno undertakes a comprehensive review, providing analysis and insights as the global community prepares for the upcoming Doha Programme of Action for LDCs 2022-2031.
Watch this exclusive interview of Dr M Abu Eusuf featured on 'Ei Shomoy' by NTV.
RAPID Chairman Dr M A Razzaque took part on a Prothom Alo-UNICEF virtual roundtable as a resource person. Click the link above to read the excerpts from the roundtable.
Read the April-June 2021 issue of Development Letters - A quarterly periodical by RAPID.
Read this op-ed by Dr M Abu Eusuf on Budget 2021-22
Read RAPID Chairman Dr M A Razzaque's take on getting ready for Bangladesh's LDC graduation. The write-up was published on the first anniversary issue of The Business Standard.
‘Food inflation is an unavoidable consequence of currency devaluation’