The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) is a non-governmental think-tank in

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. It was established in 1993 by

Rehman Sobhan Rehman Sobhan (; born 12 March 1935) is a Bangladeshi economist. Regarded as one of the country's top public thinkers, he is the founder and the current chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), an organisation active in open public di ...

, its founder chairman, with support from leading civil society institutions in Bangladesh

History

In 1993, Rehman Sobhan, an economist and civil society leader in Bangladesh, founded the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) to meet the emerging need for an independent civil society platform following the restoration of democracy in the early

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. He invited several prominent figures to join CPD’s board, which has since included globally respected personalities and social entrepreneurs, such as the late Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC, and Nobel Laureate Professor

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, founder of

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Key personnel

*Chairman:

*Executive Director:

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*Distinguished Fellow:

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*Distinguished Fellow:

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*Director (Dialogue & Communication): Anisatul Fatema Yousuf *Head, Research Division: Khondaker Golam Moazzem

Significance

According to the University of Pennsylvania's ''2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report'', CPD is number 46 out of 60 in the "Top Think Tanks in Southeast Asia and the Pacific".

References

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Economic research institutes

History

Key personnel

Significance

See also

References