Evidence-based policy analysis for Bangladesh.
BIQEP Policy Briefs turns official data into short, rigorous analysis of inflation, monetary policy, public finance, labor and trade. Every figure is validated against its source and every estimate can be replicated.
Evidence begins with a better question.
Economic questions rarely yield to one headline number. Each brief starts from a question people in Bangladesh are actually asking, brings in the official data, and is honest about what the evidence can and cannot show.
A quantitative result is only as useful as the assumptions it makes visible.
Where the data stand.
Figures are taken from official releases. The Data hub lists the source and retrieval date of each series.
Policy briefs.
Questions that matter in Bangladesh.
Nine areas make up the research agenda.
One record, in the right place.
Records are kept apart by kind: briefs, data notes, outlook, statistical reports and replication materials.
Policy briefs
Short analysis built on official data.
Data notes
Verified figures and open questions, with no model claims.
Bangladesh Economic Outlook
A periodic overview of the economy.
Statistical reports
Documented datasets and statistical tables.
Replication materials
Data, specifications and settings behind each brief.
Validation log
How each series was checked against its official release.
Every figure findable — and verifiable.
The Data hub lists each series with its official source and retrieval date, and the validation log records how each was checked.
Built on official data.
Official sources
Numbers come from Bangladesh Bank, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, the IMF and the World Bank.
Open methods
Estimates run in the open-source Open Econometric Systems engine, so results can be replicated.
Clear limits
Each brief states its data limits, its assumptions and what the results cannot show.
Public corrections
Errors are corrected on the page, with the date and what changed.
Research with a long view.
Dr. Tuhin G. M. Al Mamun, Founder and Executive Director of BIQEP, researches monetary policy transmission, Bayesian and computational methods, and structural macroeconomic modeling.
Updates, when they are ready.
Found a figure that does not match its source?
Corrections, data questions and collaboration are welcome. We check every report against the original release.