Annual flagship country reports and issue-based policy briefs on South Asia, shared with a wide audience including government and non-government organizations and policymakers.
After a student-led mass revolution ended a 16-year rule, the interim government faces two obstacles above all: an entrenched patronage network and a…
Australian Institute of International Affairs
Three recommendations for the proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission: broad consultation, genuine inclusion of victims beyond Dhaka, and…
The Daily Star
Free, independent and vigorous information media is a fundamental enabler of good governance — yet media freedom is under increasing attack. An…
The Daily Star
A humanitarian crisis that no single state can settle alone. Why a sustainable answer for the Rohingya requires combined political will and…
The Daily Star
Bangladeshi migrant workers sustain the economy through remittances, but face long and costly migration processes, unscrupulous agencies and weak…
The Daily Star
A party’s constitution is a useful indicator of how democratically it behaves. Reading the AL and BNP constitutions against that standard — member…
The Daily Star
Questionnaires, sampling frames, weighting procedures and fieldwork dates are published alongside results. Country samples are reported separately; regional aggregates are presented only where the underlying samples support them.
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