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.
May 27, 2023
IMF has approved of Bangladesh’s request for a USD 4.7 billion loan in January 2023 with the aim of preserving its macroeconomic stability, protecting the vulnerable and promoting inclusive and green growth. Read more
April 27, 2023
Bangladesh is scheduled to graduate from the group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in November 2026. This paper discusses the challenges faced by Bangladesh as a graduating LDC in the context of developments in the World Trade Organization (WTO). Read more
April 13, 2023
Bangladesh’s readymade garments (RMG) industry has made significant improvements in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) over the last decade, especially in the years after the Rana Plaza tragedy. Read more
March 29, 2023
The production of plastic products needs to be minimised as recycling alone is not sufficient to tackle plastic pollution. City corporations bear a substantial amount of the clean-up cost due to indiscriminate disposal of single-use plastic products. Read more
March 29, 2023
Bangladeshi cities have extremely poor air quality compared to other cities in Asian and South Asian countries, posing serious health and economic concern for the citizens. Read more
March 29, 2023
The National Budget for FY2022–23 was placed in the Parliament during June 2022. It was approved at a time when Bangladesh's economy had been confronting a number of domestic and external challenges. Read more
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