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.
April 10, 2019
Blended finance offers countries such as Bangladesh a vital opportunity to mobilise additional financial resources to address the complex development challenges set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As a lower-middle-income country, Bangladesh will increasingly experience the reduction of available concessional financing for development. Read more
March 28, 2019
Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow, CPD, Professor Mustafizur Rahman, Distinguished Fellow, CPD, and Mr Syed Muhtasim Fuad, Former Programme Associate, CPD, authored a research study titled, “HOW COHERENT ARE TRADE AND INVESTMENT POLICIES OF THE SOUTHERN FINANCE PROVIDERS?: A CASE STUDY OF INDO-BANGLA LINES OF CREDIT”. The United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) sponsored the research project under the “South-South Global Thinkers- the Global Coalition of Think-Tank Networks for SSC”. Read more
March 28, 2019
CPD’s Distinguished Fellow, Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya and Senior Research Associate, Ms Sarah Sabin Khan, recently published their article, “Effectiveness of development cooperation: Need for a new conversation on how to assess it”, at the Global Solutions Journal, Issue 4. Read more
March 12, 2019
The study shows that average returns to schooling for female is higher than that of male. It also shows that returns to schooling tends to be higher as one moves along higher percentiles of wage distribution Read more
March 6, 2019
This article has made an attempt to undertake an in-depth and detailed investigation into the underlying factors driving the gender wage gap and wage discrimination in Bangladesh’s labour market. Read more
February 25, 2019
বর্তমান গ্রন্থটি ২০১৭-১৮ সালে বিভিন্ন সময়ে জাতীয় পত্রিকা ও ইলেক্ট্রনিক মিডিয়ায় প্রকাশিত মতামতের একটি সংকলন। Read more
February 17, 2019
While Bangladesh has made notable progress, especially in terms of meeting the MDG target of halving the proportion of undernourished people, it remains challenged by high poverty rates, severe climate change impacts, land utilisation constraints and price volatilities. Read more
February 14, 2019
Young population is the most important resource that can contribute to accelerated economic and social development of a country. Read more
February 11, 2019
Blended finance is picking up as a new source of finance to meet the funding gap in implementing SDGs. However, country perspectives reveal that the concept it is yet to gain full momentum in LDCs. Lack of awareness as well as absence of consensus regarding its definition has held back the instrument from being mainstreamed into the policy discourse. Read more
February 11, 2019
This report was prepared with an aspiration to give voice to the ordinary citizens of the country, so that their priority development interests and concerns are reflected in the election discourse Read more
January 10, 2019
In the backdrop of limited data on the key manufacturing sectors of Bangladesh, this paper reviews the data situation of the readymade garments (RMG) sector. Read more
December 27, 2018
This paper examines the livelihood issues of the workers in the readymade garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh, and identifies the scope of determining a minimum wage that would address their requirements of a decent livelihood standard Read more