Ride-hailing and delivery apps have transformed how people move and shop in Bangladesh’s cities, but social protection systems have struggled to keep pace with these changes.

As part of the FutureWORKS Asia-supported project, ‘Life after Life: Future of Work in Bangladesh’, researchers from the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) have published an op-ed article examining gaps in social protection for platform workers. The article highlights the fragmented nature of existing coverage and calls for a portable, contributory, and progressively expandable system that protects platform workers without waiting for all questions surrounding their employment status to be resolved.

The research is supported by FutureWORKS Asia, administered by LIRNEasia and, is part of the FutureWORKS Collective, a global initiative supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.

Read the full article published in New Age: https://www.newagebd.net/post/new-age-specials/314839/social-protection-must-catch-up