Publications Archives - RAPID Bangladesh

Latest Working Paper|| June 2026 || This paper estimates tax gaps and examines the distributional burden across income groups using household-level data from the 2022 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES).

Working Paper || May 2026 || This paper examines how Bangladeshi apparel exporters price identical products across two major destination markets operating under distinct trade regimes.

Latest Policy Brief || June 2026 || RAPID research suggests that women earn, on average, about 35 per cent less than men in monthly terms.

More time for reform, not more time for delay- Dr M A Razzaque

Policy Brief || May 2026 || This policy brief examines whether currency depreciation can still support export competitiveness in Bangladesh’s largely US dollar-invoiced export sector.

Research Report: Between 2010 and 2024, while the average annual GDP growth rate stood at over 6.0 per cent, employment growth lagged significantly behind, averaging only 2.2 per cent.

Working Paper || April 2026 || RCEP accession should be treated as both a market access opportunity and a reform strategy, with careful sequencing.

The ‘Middle Powers’ are Abandoning the World’s Least Advantaged Countries on Trade and Development

RAPID Monthly Newsletter || June 2026

Working Paper || March 2026 || Family Card: A path to poverty reduction or new fiscal pressure?

Policy Brief || April 2026 || This policy brief examines how the EU–India Free Trade Agreement, combined with Bangladesh’s graduation from LDC status, could reshape the country’s export prospects in the European Union, its largest export market.

Policy Brief || March 2026 || This policy brief discusses Digital Product Passports (DPP), which will be mandatory from 2027 for priority sectors and require interoperable product-level data on materials, sustainability, and lifecycle impacts for EU-bound exports.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.