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Policy Brief-January 2025: RAPID study highlights a trade-off in the EU market for Bangladesh’s apparel products, where achieving a higher market share comes at the expense of product valuation, while the US market rewards quality but offers smaller market shares.

Policy Brief-December 2024: Inflation and its impact on poverty and vulnerability

16 per cent of the world’s population (1.3 billion people) live with significant disabilities.

RAPID Staff Seminar Series

Policy Brief- October 2025: EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CS3D) and implication for Bangladesh.

Policy Brief: RAPID research suggests that Bangladesh’s proactive measures in patent law, which allows for flexibility in intellectual property rights, will likely mitigate significant price increases for drugs, even after LDC graduation.

Policy Brief: RAPID research suggests that Bangladesh’s post-graduation tariff hikes and Vietnam’s improved market access in the EU pose significant trade diversion risks, with Bangladesh’s apparel and leather exports facing severe competitiveness pressures.

Policy Brief: This study utilises household-level survey data and a cross-country panel to establish a causal relationship between indirect taxation and poverty, inequality, and economic growth in Bangladesh.

Final Report: RAPID research has identified 600 potential products that Bangladesh could target to diversify its export portfolio in the EU, which could unlock an additional $19 billion in untapped export potential within the EU market.

Final Report: Upscaling the RMG Sector

Final Report: A Review of the National Social Insurance Scheme (NSIS) Framework and Towards a Feasible Model for Bangladesh

RAPID Webinars & Events

RAPID Monthly Webinar: Exploring Monetary Policy Frontiers

RAPID monthly webinar shed light on key macroeconomic issues, including the impact of exchange rate pass-through to inflation in Bangladesh, and the effectiveness of inflation targeting in Emerging & Developing Asian countries.

Stakeholder Consultation: Expanding and Diversifying Exports to the UK Market

Dissemination Seminar: Can Bangladesh Absorb LDC Graduation-induced Tariff Hikes?

Policy Brief-January 2025: RAPID study highlights a trade-off in the EU market for Bangladesh’s apparel products, where achieving a higher market share comes at the expense of product valuation, while the US market rewards quality but offers smaller market shares.

Policy Brief-December 2024: Inflation and its impact on poverty and vulnerability

16 per cent of the world’s population (1.3 billion people) live with significant disabilities.

RAPID Staff Seminar Series

Policy Brief- October 2025: EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CS3D) and implication for Bangladesh.

Policy Brief: RAPID research suggests that Bangladesh’s proactive measures in patent law, which allows for flexibility in intellectual property rights, will likely mitigate significant price increases for drugs, even after LDC graduation.

Policy Brief: RAPID research suggests that Bangladesh’s post-graduation tariff hikes and Vietnam’s improved market access in the EU pose significant trade diversion risks, with Bangladesh’s apparel and leather exports facing severe competitiveness pressures.

Policy Brief: This study utilises household-level survey data and a cross-country panel to establish a causal relationship between indirect taxation and poverty, inequality, and economic growth in Bangladesh.

Policy Brief|| Domestic resource mobilisation for inclusive growth and development: Priority reform areas

Development Letters March 2025-Apparel Export Prices: A Quality-Adjusted Analysis of the EU and US Markets-By Syful Islam

RAPID Staff Seminar Series

RAPID Chairman Dr M A Razzaque was invited to the talk show ‘How’s the Economy?’ conducted by BTV to discuss why export development is necessary.

RAPID Centre for International Trade (RCIT)

Final Report: RAPID research has identified 600 potential products that Bangladesh could target to diversify its export portfolio in the EU, which could unlock an additional $19 billion in untapped export potential within the EU market.

Final Report: Upscaling the RMG Sector

Final Report: A Review of the National Social Insurance Scheme (NSIS) Framework and Towards a Feasible Model for Bangladesh

RAPID Webinars & Events

RAPID Monthly Webinar: Exploring Monetary Policy Frontiers

Stakeholder Consultation: Expanding and Diversifying Exports to the UK Market

Dissemination Seminar: Can Bangladesh Absorb LDC Graduation-induced Tariff Hikes?

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