Publications
CPD’s current publication list contains more than 500 titles including Books, Monographs, Working Papers, Dialogue Briefs and Policy Briefs. If you want to collect the hard copies of the publications, please contact with CPD. You can find the soft copies of the book in the CPD website.
Bangladesh’s export-oriented industries are increasingly exposed to sustainability-related trade regulations as major markets, particularly the European Union (EU), integrate environmental requirements into global value chains. Read more
Over the past two decades, Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty. At the national level, the extreme poverty rate fell from 17.6 per cent in 2000 to 5.6 per cent in 2022. Read more
Bangladesh's renewable energy ambitions depend on bankable Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), but the current template places most risks on private investors while offering limited protection in return. Read more
Bangladesh has developed significantly over the last decade and positioned itself as a major player in the global trade landscape, but it is highly susceptible to climate-induced disasters that can disrupt trade. Read more
The electricity generation mix of Bangladesh remains largely fossil fuel dependent with natural gas, coal and furnace oil making up around 84 per cent of the electricity generation mix. Read more
In the proposed budget for FY2027, the social safety net budget allocation, excluding pension and agricultural subsidy, stood at 8.7 per cent of the budget and 1.20 per cent of the GDP. Read more
Gender-relevant budget allocation reached BDT 326,059.8 crore in FY2027—34.8 per cent of the total national budget and 4.8 per cent of GDP—but the 23 per cent year-on-year nominal increase masks a fundamental restructuring around a single flagship programme rather than broad-based growth across women's priorities. Read more
Health budget allocation in FY2027 is 6.70 per cent of the total budget and 0.92 per cent of the GDP, nearing the long-standing target of 1 per cent of GDP after remaining below this threshold for nearly two decades. Read more
The proposed education budget allocation for FY2027 accounts for 13.06 per cent of the total proposed budget and 1.79 per cent of the GDP. Read more
For more than two decades, the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has built an almost unrivalled position in green energy finance, backed by sovereign support that few private lenders can match. Read more
For two decades, the Solar Home System was rural Bangladesh's answer to electricity access. Millions of households once relied on it for light, for charging a phone, for keeping a small business running after dark. Read more
Bangladesh's evolving constitutional and political landscape has renewed attention to the institutional rules that govern parliamentary democracy. Read more
