Beyond the Platform: Social Insurance for Gig Workers in Bangladesh is a research project of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), undertaken in partnership with LIRNEasia under the FutureWORKS Asia network. Platform-based gig work has grown rapidly in Bangladesh, with industry estimates placing around 600,000 people in ride-hailing and delivery alone, yet these workers fall outside the Labour Act’s definition of a worker and remain largely outside the country’s social protection arrangements. Where accident cover exists, it is arranged platform by platform, confined to active trips, and tied to the platform rather than the worker. The study examines what protection is practically feasible for these workers, what it would cost, and how it could be financed and delivered, without reopening the contested question of their employment status. It takes a supply-first approach, establishing with insurers, payment providers, platforms and regulators what can realistically be delivered and at what price, before putting costed options to workers themselves. Drawing on comparative experience from India, Singapore and Malaysia, and on Bangladesh’s own statutory welfare funds and the national employment injury scheme now under development, the study will produce a costed roadmap for a portable social insurance package for platform workers.