This Rapid eTrade Readiness Assessment for Bangladesh was prepared by Felix Christian Haas, UNCTAD Consultant, and Rahul Bhatnagar, Programme Management Officer, with the support of Mostafizur Rahaman Sohel, National Consultant and Convener of the BASIS E-Commerce Alliance, Bangladesh, in close collaboration with a team comprising Cécile Barayre, Marian Pletosu and Dominic Leong under the overall guidance of Torbjörn Fredriksson.

Profound gratitude goes out to the Honorable Mr. Shubhashish Bose, Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh; Md. Munir Chowdhury, Director General, WTO Cell, Ministry of Commerce, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh; Mr. Hafizur Rahman, Director/Joint Secretary, WTO Cell, Ministry of Commerce, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh; and Mohd. Khalid Abu Naser, Deputy Secretary, Bangladesh Competition Commission.