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.
March 25, 2023
Plastic pollution is quite widespread in Bangladesh, as the country exhibits a pervasive throwaway culture where waste is deliberately discarded on the streets of urban cities. In
2020, the total plastic waste collected in Dhaka alone was 646 tons which accounts for only 10 per cent of the total waste. Read more
March 24, 2023
Bangladesh, particularly its capital city Dhaka, has been on the top of the mantle for having the worst air quality in the world. Economic development induced by rapid industrialisation, urbanisation and energy consumption is responsible for the degradation of air quality in major cities of Bangladesh. Read more
March 16, 2023
The United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGPs) is the guiding international document for states and enterprises to comply with human rights in business operations and, more broadly, to ensure sustainable industrial development in a country. Read more
February 26, 2023
A significant number of LDCs will be graduating in the near term future. On graduation these countries will face formidable challenges as they will lose the benefits accruing from LDC-specific international support measures. Read more
February 1, 2023
গণতান্ত্রিক চর্চা এবং জবাবদিহিমূলক উন্নয়ন প্রক্রিয়া সচল রাখতে গণমাধ্যমের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ভূমিকা রয়েছে। আর এই জবাবদিহিমূলক উন্নয়নের সঙ্গে নীতি গবেষণার রয়েছে এক অপ্রতিম সংযোগ। নীতি গবেষণার ফলাফলের পাশাপাশি সমাজের বিভিন্ন অংশীজনের কণ্ঠস্বরকে বিস্তৃত পরিসরে সাধারণ মানুষের কাছে পৌঁছে দেওয়ার এক অনন্য বাহক হচ্ছে গণমাধ্যম। Read more
January 29, 2023
Fiscal transparency and accountability can help attain a number of macroeconomic objectives. It is essential for fostering better macroeconomic stability, improving credit ratings, lowering public debt and deficits, decreasing corruption levels and catalysing high levels of economic growth. Read more
January 16, 2023
With the depletion of domestic natural gas reserves, Bangladesh’s energy market has become increasingly dependent on imported energy – mainly petroleum, LNG and coal. Read more
December 28, 2022
Bangladesh’s power sector is guided by the Power Sector Master Plan 2016 (PSMP 2016) which is being updated right now. The study looks into the state of the power sector during the last three master plans (PSMP 2005, PSMP 2010, PSMP 2016) to review the major issues and challenges of the sector. Read more
December 26, 2022
The study findings are also expected to support development partners including the European Union in taking focused and strategic decisions on ‘green growth’ in Bangladesh. Read more
December 16, 2022
Natural gas supplied from domestic sources has historically dominated the energy landscape in Bangladesh. With the decreasing supply of domestic natural gas and increasing demand for gas and other energies in major economic activities Read more
December 13, 2022
As Bangladesh charts out its recovery path from COVID-19, the country’s readymade garments (RMG) industry has been experiencing an unprecedented export growth since the last quarter of 2021. Read more
November 30, 2022
There is a gender wage gap (men earning more than women) in labour market of most countries, to varying degrees, is widely recognised in relevant literature. In this backdrop, the fndings of the ILO study (ILO 2018), based on an analysis of cross-country data, showing Bangladesh as an outlier in this regard, calls for an explanation and indepth investigation. Read more
