Projects under this Prorgamme are:

• GCR (Global Competitiveness Report)
• Privatisation
  

GCR (Global Competitiveness Report (GCR)

Since 2001, CPD has been conducting executive opinion surveys as inputs to the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR). GCR is an annual publication brought out by the World Economic Forum (WEF) (better known as the Davos Forum). The first GCR was brought out in 1979, and since 1996 these reports are being prepared in collaboration with the Harvard University and with support from partner organisations across the globe. CPD has been partnering with the WEF since 2001 when Bangladesh was first included in the GCR. The GCR is prepared on information generated through perception surveys in the participating countries. A questionnaire, designed by the WEF, is used in this purpose. The GCR presents competitiveness ranking of different countries using Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) comprised of macroeconomic environment, quality of public institutions, technology, microeconomic fundamentals based on company sophistication and quality of business environment. Results of perception survey as well as secondary sources of information are used for the purpose of this country ranking.

CPD presents the findings of Bangladesh perception survey through press briefings and at dialogues organised at the national level. The objective is to disseminate the results of the survey and share views addressing the major attendant issues and problems.
 

• GCR 2010-11 and Bangladesh Business Environment Study 2010

• GCR 2009-10 and Bangladesh Business Environment Study 2009

• GCR 2008-09 and Bangladesh Business Environment Study 2008

• GCR 2007-08 and Bangladesh Business Environment Study 2007

• GCR 2006-07 and Bangladesh Business Environment Study 2006

• GCR 2005-06 and Bangladesh Business Environment Study 2005

• GCR 2004-05 and Bangladesh Business Environment Study 2004

• GCR 2003-04 and Bangladesh Business Environment Study 2003

• GCR 2002-03 and Bangladesh Business Environment Study 2001-2002
  

Output/Publications:

Bhattacharya, D., K. G. Moazzem, K. M. Rahman, and S. S. Hossain. 2006. Business Competitiveness Environment in Bangladesh (2005): Domestic Perceptions and Global Comparison. Occasional Paper No. 59. Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka.

 

Privatisation in Bangladesh

Duration: 1996

Objectives:

To help Bangladeshi policymakers and civil society focus on developing a national policy on the issue of privatisation and the reform of the state sector.

Output/Publications:

R. Sobhan, M M Akash and T Akram (eds.), (1998), Reform of State-Owned Enterprises and Privatisation; Centre for Policy Dialogue & Pathak Shamabesh, Dhaka.

CPD Occasional Paper, Privatisation in Bangladesh: An Agenda in Search of a Policy (August, 2002).