BDPolicy Lab is an AI-augmented policy analysis project for Bangladesh. All data comes from verified institutional sources. All analysis is generated with AI assistance and should be read as a starting point for inquiry, not as peer-reviewed research.
HOW IT WORKS43 automated collectors pull data from the World Bank, IMF, Bangladesh Bank, BBS, UN agencies, and satellite platforms (NASA, ESA, Google Earth Engine). 1,772 time series are stored and updated.
72 analyzer modules compute sector-specific metrics. Publication generators combine real data with AI-written narrative (Gemini, Claude) to produce briefs and reports. Charts are Plotly, built from source data.
Publications are not peer-reviewed. If you spot an error, please reach out.
World Bank (WDI, WGI, Doing Business), IMF (DataMapper, WEO), Bangladesh Bank, BBS, FRED, UN Comtrade, ILO, FAO, HDX, EIA, BLS, NOAA, IRENA, Transparency International, RSF, ND-GAIN
Satellite: Landsat, Sentinel-5P, MODIS, VIIRS, SRTM, JRC Global Surface Water, Hansen Forest Loss, GRACE gravity
Shahida Pervin, PhD
Assistant Professor of Economics, Waseda University. Former researcher at Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Labor economics, development economics, applied microeconomics.
Md Deluair Hossen, PhD
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Tennessee. Former Deputy Director, Bangladesh Bank (Central Bank). Trade policy, financial regulation, agricultural economics.