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Warmest congratulations to Sumaeya Akhter for being selected as the RAPID Staff Member of the Month for October 2023!

Reminiscing 2022

RAPID has been proactively involved in undertaking high-quality research, capacity building sessions, and a wide range of stakeholder consultations in 2022. Have a look at the snapshot of RAPID's activity in 2022.

Policy Paper: Trade preference and development financing implications for graduating Asia-Pacific LDCs

Graduating Asia Pacific LDCs may lose access to various international support measures. RAPID Chairman Dr Razzaque makes an assessment on how these LDCs will be impacted.

Is data localisation an economically viable option?

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.

অসমতার লাগাম টানতে প্রত্যক্ষ করের উপরে জোর দিতে হবে র‍্যাপিডের সেমিনারে বক্তারা জোরারোপ করেন।

‘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।

RAPID Webinars

Policy Brief || August 2025|| Bangladesh’s domestic debt now makes up 57% of its total public debt, with banks providing 58%.

Development Letters

A quarterly periodical that focuses on bringing together issues, ideas, and approaches that can be researched, refined, experimented, and investigated further.

Post-LDC Bangladesh: Apparel exports at risk! Why FTAs are now essential

RAPID Staff Seminar Series

RAPID Centre for International Trade (RCIT)

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 Monthly Webinar Series