Year in Review 2024
Bangladesh as a regional economic hub
CPD promotes regional cooperation, emphasising its role in addressing shared challenges and fostering sustainable development. This year, CPD researchers explored multi-layered connectivity in the Bay of Bengal, recommending industrial value chain development to position Bangladesh as a regional economic hub.
Trade and Regional Cooperation
Launching of the ‘Multilateral Development Finance 2024’ Report
The Multilateral Development System is undergoing a significant number of challenges due to polycrisis, geopolitical shifts, and ongoing global financial architecture reforms.
Attendant tasks for Bangladesh as a graduating LDC
The thirteenth Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) convened in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from February 26 to March 1, 2024. The outcomes of MC13 helped to outline the attendant tasks for Bangladesh as it transitions from a Least Developed Country (LDC) to a developing nation.
Developing industrial value chains can make Bangladesh a regional economic hub
A two-pronged strategy for export diversification holds promise for the Bay of Bengal countries. One would be to focus on the products that are already close to the current specialisation patterns and require similar knowledge and technology.
Dr Fahmida Khatun at a CPD and Boston University organised session during the 13th...
On the sidelines of the World Trade Organisation's 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi, a session titled ‘Climate Technology and Intellectual Property: A Repeat of the Access to Medicines Debate or Something New?’
Publications
The Fourteenth South Asia Economic Summit (SAES XIV)
The Fourteenth South Asia Economic Summit (SAES XIV) was organised in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 4-5 November 2023, in continuation of the preceding thirteen SAES events hosted by rotation of the co-organisers.
Reframing South Asian Regional Cooperation in the New Context: Summit Compendium
During 2023, it was observed that Pan-South Asia regional cooperation was paralysed by the burden of history, the legacy of bilateral tensions and the lack of initiatives to break the status quo.
