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.

June 13, 2024
The Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS), released the 2024 edition of its flagship study, the Doing Good Index. The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), has been one of the partners of CAPS in this study. Read more

May 22, 2024
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. Read more

May 18, 2024
This special report deliberates on the challenges, opportunities, and priorities that will define Bangladesh’s governance in the next five years. Read more

May 15, 2024
The Government of Bangladesh is advancing social security reforms in alignment with the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) of 2015. Read more

May 12, 2024
The third quarter (Q3) of Fiscal Year 2024 (January-March 2024) was particularly significant for the power and energy sector as several policy decisions were made from national and international perspectives. Read more

May 5, 2024
In Bangladesh, the Readymade Garment (RMG) industry stands as the backbone of the nation's economy, driving over 80 per cent of its foreign export revenue. Read more

April 28, 2024
The assessment of key macroeconomic correlates of Bangladesh being carried out by the CPD as part of its flagship IRBD programme comes at a crucial juncture in the country’s development journey. Read more

April 25, 2024
The leather industry is an important contributor to Bangladesh’s export revenue. As such, this industry is vital in emerging as a promising sector, especially in export diversification and creating a more integrated industrial value chain. Read more

April 24, 2024
In Bangladesh, bicycle exports are the largest exports in the country’s light engineering sector. Notably, bicycle exports account for 7.5 per cent of all light engineering exports (Kathuria & Malouche, 2016). In the global value chain (GVC) of bicycle production, Bangladesh focuses on assembling a large number of parts, with the manufacturing process being less energy-intensive. Read more

April 24, 2024
Bangladesh's readymade garments (RMG) industry is primarily labour-intensive, utilising simple technology compared to other high-tech industries. Fundamentally, the value chain components for Bangladesh’s RMG industry are straightforward. Read more

April 24, 2024
The RST is an important example of how the international community can re-channel SDRs towards the achievement of development and climate goals. Read more

April 23, 2024
In this study, we critically evaluate Bangladesh's energy forecasting framework, pinpointing gaps in the Integrated Energy and Power Master Plan (IEPMP) and introducing an advanced econometric approach through the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Read more