Bangladesh
IGC Bangladesh nurtures high-quality independent research in partnership with local policymakers. Our research focuses include pollution oversight, alternative deployment of solar energy, data access for citizens, and public service delivery. We welcome new research ideas addressing policy challenges in the country.
Explore our work

Resilient and resurgent Bangladesh: Sustaining economic growth in a changing climate

Resilient and resurgent Bangladesh: Sustaining economic growth in a changing climate

International buyers, suppliers’ performance, and workers’ outcomes in the garment sector in Bangladesh: Evidence from the pandemic

Environmental and economic impacts of agrivoltaics in Bangladesh

Can Bangladesh absorb LDC graduation-induced tariff hikes? Evidence using product-specific price elasticities of demand and markups for apparel exports to Europe

Designing a waste management strategy for tropical developing countries

Paternalistic gender discrimination: Evidence from labour markets in Bangladesh

Health and environmental impacts of brick kilns in Bangladesh

Why does Bangladesh tax so little?
About
Bangladesh’s impressive growth story of high growth and falling poverty levels is facing challenges. These come in the form of persistent pressure on the balance of payments, a banking sector crisis, some of the worst air pollution in the world, power shortages, and, perhaps most importantly, the absence of efficient institutions.
Since 2009, IGC Bangladesh has partnered with the government, research institutions, and the private sector to support Bangladesh in facing obstacles to growth. Our energy dashboard presents data on power production and capacity utilisation in a format accessible to all citizens. Our brick kiln tracker, designed in collaboration with the Department of Environment, identifies the most polluting kilns in the country. Other research projects look at a range of issues, from the gains of doing business with multinational corporations to the impact of traffic infrastructure in cities.
IGC Bangladesh is committed to working with policymakers to identify research opportunities, and with local and international partners to generate research aimed at finding solutions to real life policy problems.
Our team


Ashfaqul Chowdhury
Senior Country Economist, Bangladesh, International Growth Centre
Aminul Aman
Research and Policy Officer, Bangladesh, International Growth Centre
Laura Boudreau
Assistant Professor, Columbia Business School
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
Professor of Economics, Yale UniversityAtonu Rabbani
Professor, University of Dhaka
Masrur Reaz
Policy Advisor, International Growth Centre
Nasiruddin Ahmed
Professor, BRAC UniversityContact
BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)
SK Center (3rd - 7th & 9th Floor), GP, JA-4, TB Gate, Bir Uttam AK Khandakar Road, Dhaka 1212.
Email: [email protected]
X: @IGC_Bangladesh