News and Events
Watch the full webinar “Reviving the Leather Sector in the Aftermath of COVID-19”, organised by RAPID, Economic Reporters' Forum, and The Asia Foundation on 13 July 2021.
RAPID Chairman Dr M A Razzaque took part on a Prothom Alo-UNICEF virtual roundtable as a resource person. Click the link above to read the excerpts from the roundtable.
Watch the full RAPID-ERF-TAF webinar 'Reflections on the Budget 2021-22’, held on 13 June 2021.
Watch the full webinar “The Invisible Workers: Bangladeshi Women in Oman”, organised by RAPID and Drishti Research Centre on 18 January 2021.
Check out the presentation by Dr M A Razzaque on “Analysis of the National Budget for the Health Sector to Advance the ICPD PoA and Reaching the Agenda 2030 and its SDGs”
Watch the keynote presentation of the Webinar on FDI for Export Diversification and Smooth LDC Graduation, organised by RAPID, The Asia Foundation, and Economic Reporters' Forum on 17 April 2021.
Watch the full webinar 'Migration and Gender in Bangladesh: An Irregular Landscape', organised by RAPID, Drishti Research Centre, and Economic Reporters' Forum on 18 February 2021.
Watch the full webinar “The Invisible Workers: Bangladeshi Women in Oman”, organised by RAPID and Drishti Research Centre on 18 January 2021.
Watch the full webinar on "Rise of Geoeconomics and Bangladesh", organised by RAPID-FES-ERF on 30 December 2020.
Watch the Keynote Presentation by Dr M A Razzaque on "Getting Ready for LDC Graduation"
Watch the Keynote Presentation on the "Future of Bangladesh's leather sector in the aftermath of the Covid-19"
Bangladesh's score on the Open Budget Index (OBI) has substantially declined over the past few years.
Watch RAPID's webinar on "Multidimensional Poverty Index 2020: Policy Implications and Way Forward"
করোনা সংকটে ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত ব্যবসায়ী মোঃ ওবায়দুল্লাহ। বেডিং স্টোর পরিচালনা করে আসা এই ব্যবসায়ী জানান আগে বিভিন্ন মাসে এক লক্ষ থেকে দেড় লক্ষ টাকার বিক্রি হত। তার তুলনায় বর্তমানে বিক্রির পরিমাণ ৪০-৫০ হাজারে নেমে এসেছে। খরচ বাঁচাতে গ্রামে পাঠিয়েছেন পরিবারকে।
Watch the workshop on "COVID-19 and International Trade Issues: Policy Options for Promoting Bangladesh’s Exports"
আগে ছয়টি বাসায় কাজ করলেও এখন মাত্র দুটি বাসায় কাজ রয়েছে। মাসিক আয় ৬০০০-৭০০০ টাকা থেকে ২৫০০-৩০০০ টাকায় নেমে এসেছে জানান গৃহপরিচারিকা রোজিনা।
This economic downturn thus could have a disproportionately larger impact on Bangladesh's exports. The emerging evidence seems to suggest new orders from the largest buyers (global chains and brands) to be about 30 per cent of the 'normal' level.
Dr Abdur Razzaque
30th June, 2020
Dr Abdur Razzaque
30th June, 2020
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