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

Congratulations to Afsara Tasnim and Zara Mustafa on being selected as RAPID Staff Members of the Month for February 2025!

Policy Brief || January 2025|| RAPID study highlights a trade-off in the EU market for Bangladesh’s apparel products, where achieving a higher market share comes at the expense of product valuation, while the US market rewards quality but offers smaller market shares.

Working Paper || September 2024 || RAPID research shows that expansionary monetary policy, designed to stimulate investment, has resulted in higher inflation and depreciation pressures.

Policy Brief || October 2025|| EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CS3D) and implication for Bangladesh.

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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.

Workshop for Journalists: LDC Graduation and Trade Competitiveness

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