Policy research
Household research, national datasets and institutional analysis organised around Bangladesh’s policy choices.
Beyond Statistics
PPRC is an independent policy research centre in Bangladesh, linking household research, quality statistics and institutional analysis with policy choices that shape people’s lives.
Why PPRC Exists
Close to people.
Close to people.
Useful to policy.
Bangladesh’s policy questions are national in scale but local in consequence. PPRC exists to keep that connection visible: how households cope, how institutions deliver, and where policy intent meets everyday reality.
Founded by Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, the centre works from a clear discipline: begin with what people experience, then build the evidence needed for policy decisions.
The institutional mark, an eagle carrying a fish, holds that discipline in one image: wide vision, local knowledge.
PPRC institutional markMacro-vision · ground truth
Institutional Role
Research, advocacy and dialogue.
Since its inception, PPRC has worked on poverty, social protection, land, inclusive growth, governance, local governance, political development, quality basic education and sustainable urbanisation. Its core themes follow Bangladesh’s current and emerging priorities, while remaining connected to regional and international debates on democracy and development.
Evaluation and statistics
Project evaluations, quality statistics and rapid diagnostics on issues of national urgency.
Dialogue and advocacy
Discourse promotion, policy advocacy and grassroots-to-policy networking across civic, policy and development actors.
How PPRC Works
From observation to policy use.
PPRC’s work moves from field observation to analysis, dialogue and practical policy use. The sequence is deliberately grounded: start close to households and institutions, then carry findings into judgement and action.
Start close to households
Field research, household surveys and community-level diagnostics keep the work grounded.
Read systems with care
Datasets, institutional review and policy interpretation clarify the choices before decision-makers.
Bring findings into dialogue
Evaluation, debate and stakeholder exchange test what the evidence means in practice.
Move analysis into use
Policy advocacy, communication and rapid response work turn analysis into usable direction.
People of PPRC
Meet the people of PPRC
Carried by researchers, field teams and long-standing collaborators.
Under the leadership of Founder and Executive Chairman Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, PPRC brings together researchers, programme specialists, survey professionals and resource persons across Bangladesh.
Their work supports policy research, project evaluations, quality statistics, dialogue, policy advocacy and rapid response initiatives.
Founder and Executive Chairman
Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman
A Bangladeshi economist and public policy thinker guiding PPRC’s research, dialogue and national policy engagement.
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Institutional Record
A method refined over time.
Across poverty, governance, social protection, urbanisation, health and economic resilience, PPRC has built a record that carries household realities into the policy conversation.
Founded as an independent research centre
PPRC was established to study poverty, participation and governance with lived realities at the centre of the institution.
Poverty and participation enter the national debate
Research and advisory work helped bring lived experience, delivery constraints and citizen participation into national development debate.
Systems and services enter the frame
The agenda expanded across social protection, urban change, health, education and the institutional pathways between policy intent and household outcome.
Rapid household diagnostics sharpen timely analysis
Covid recovery and State of the Real Economy work strengthened PPRC’s role in timely analysis during moments of national stress.
Institutional Standards
How the work is held to standard.
PPRC’s credibility rests on independence, transparent methods, responsible data practice and practical use.
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Independent position
Research questions are framed for national value, not partisan advantage.
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Careful data practice
Primary data is handled with attention to privacy, context and responsible aggregation.
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Method before message
Findings are strongest when assumptions, limitations and sources are visible.
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Deliberative practice
Dialogue is part of the method: a way to test findings for judgment and use.
For research partnerships, media inquiries, briefings and institutional collaboration.
Institutional Network
Partners & Supporters.
A working network across research, development and civic institutions.
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Next route
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