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.

September 28, 2020
The national budget for the fiscal year 2020-2021 (FY2021) is regarded as one of the most challenging Financial Bills since the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971. Read more

August 27, 2020
This policy brief outlines a guideline to overcome the conceptual, methodological and data challenges for accounting women’s unpaid work following the System of National Accounts through the household satellite accounts approach. Read more

August 6, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the shutdown of all kinds of economic activities in the country since late March 2020 which severely affected businesses, employment, workers’ wages and earnings, occupational safety and health (OSH) and workers’ rights. Read more

July 8, 2020
The study attempts to capture the salient features concerning SDG implementation in the region to track progress, identify challenges and learning from cross-country experiences. Read more

July 3, 2020
The world is passing through a major catastrophe since 8 December 2019, when the first known case of pneumonia with an unknown etiology was found in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. Read more

June 30, 2020
This research paper examines the imperative of a new conversation on development effectiveness “from the bottom up”. Read more

June 24, 2020
The Doing Good Index 2020 lays bare the vital role of the social sector and how the right policies and practices can unleash an enormous US$587 billion per year towards it. Read more

June 13, 2020
This study analyses the Belt and Road Initiative from Bangladesh’s perspective and aims to uncover what interests the country may have in participating in this initiative. Read more

June 4, 2020
Since many of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not only interconnected, but also transnational, the countries of South Asia need to cooperate within themselves in order to realise the ambition of the 2030 Agenda. Read more

June 3, 2020
The national budget for FY2020-21 is going to be formulated at a time, when the Bangladesh economy, like other economies around the world, is suffering from the fallouts of COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

June 3, 2020
Effective beneficiary targeting has been a weakness of safety net programmes in Bangladesh. Universal social protection resolves the problem of beneficiary targeting by simply including all relevant individuals under the aegis of social protection. Read more

June 3, 2020
Technological advancement can displace workers with machines, but also create new jobs. Hence, at the crux of the matter lies a race between the rate of technological advancement and the pace at which educational institutions can empower workers with the right skills Read more