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Through our books, case studies, journal articles, papers, and surveys, the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia is home to some of Harvard’s most advanced research and publications on issues related to the region.

To explore additional Asia-related research from Kennedy School faculty, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School website.

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Navigating Priorities – The U.S., Taiwan, and Implications for the Indo-Pacific

As a new administration takes shape in Washington, join us for a timely discussion exploring the complex dynamics shaping the Indo-Pacific region. We will examine critical questions facing U.S.-Taiwan relations, regional security architecture, and economic partnerships across the Indo-Pacific. The discussion addressed key policy challenges including defense cooperation, trade relationships, and technological partnerships.

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Navigating Priorities – The U.S., Taiwan, and Implications for the Indo-Pacific
a blue world map with several circular country flags hovering over various countries

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Navigating Priorities – The U.S., Taiwan, and Implications for the Indo-Pacific

As a new administration takes shape in Washington, join us for a timely discussion exploring the complex dynamics shaping the Indo-Pacific region. We will examine critical questions facing U.S.-Taiwan relations, regional security architecture, and economic partnerships across the Indo-Pacific. The discussion addressed key policy challenges including defense cooperation, trade relationships, and technological partnerships.

Macroeconomic Management in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities
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Policy Brief

Macroeconomic Management in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities

This policy brief explores the macroeconomic challenges posed by the politcal upheaval of July-August 2025 and explains that with serious and sustained reform, the country can overcome these hurdles and pursue inclusive growth and development.

Powering Bangladesh’s Future: Risks and Opportunities in Solar Energy Deployment
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Powering Bangladesh’s Future: Risks and Opportunities in Solar Energy Deployment

This policy paper aims to provide an analysis of the current state of the solar power industry in Bangladesh, identifying the gaps and risks associated with the implementation of the government’s renewable energy goals.

Bangladesh’s Inflationary Bias
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Policy Brief

Bangladesh’s Inflationary Bias

The challenge in this policy note is to look beyond the transitory factors in Bangladesh that have moved relative prices up (or down) to identify the longer-term factors that generate and sustain general price increases and to explain why those factors endure.

Bangladesh’s Tax-to-GDP Ratio
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Bangladesh’s Tax-to-GDP Ratio

The tax-to-GDP ratio in Bangladesh has been exceptionally low, both absolutely and relative to the nation’s peers, for the last five decades. An excellent starting point for reform would be the World Bank’s recent proposals for enhanced revenue mobilization, which build upon the long-delayed reforms.

Exchange Rate Management in Bangladesh
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Policy Brief

Exchange Rate Management in Bangladesh

This policy note discusses the macroeconomic difficulties in Bangladesh created by the counterproductive manipulation of the exchange rate from the mid-2000s and suggests potential remedies.

Budget Compression in Bangladesh
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Policy Brief

Budget Compression in Bangladesh

The study aimed to determine if Bangladesh’s decades-long high-level performance contradicted the widely accepted “stylized fact” among development specialists that “institutions matter.”

Tax System Digitalization to Enhance Revenue Mobilization in Bangladesh
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Policy Brief

Tax System Digitalization to Enhance Revenue Mobilization in Bangladesh

This policy brief focuses on improving tax implementation, with the hope that the impact of administrative reforms will be accelerated and amplified if undertaken simultaneously with fundamental tax policy reform.

China’s Most Generous: Examining Trends in Contemporary Chinese Philanthropy
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China’s Most Generous: Examining Trends in Contemporary Chinese Philanthropy

This report on elite philanthropy presents the latest findings from the Harvard Kennedy School Rajawali Foundation Institute’s China Philanthropy Project and provides insight into current trends among China’s major donors and recipients.