[3][4] In the 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index Policy Research Institute was ranked 93 on the South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific subcategory.
[5] Senior economist at the Policy Research Institute Ashikur Rahman Shanto, also an Awami League politician, credited Sheikh Hasina for maintaining a neutral foreign policy for Bangladesh in June 2023.
[7] Ahsan H Mansur, an executive director of Policy Research Institute, was appointed governor of Bangladesh Bank after the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024.
[8][9][10] Distinguished fellows of the Policy Research Institute are Haider Khan, M. G. Quibria, Md.
[11] Senior fellows are Abdullah A. Dewan, Bashiruddin Ahmed, Badruzzaman Ahmed, Binayak Sen, Biru Paksha Paul, Garry Pursell, Hasan Moinuddin, Mafizur Rahman, Mohammad Tamim, M. Amanullah (Chanchal) Khan, M. Rokonuzzaman, Mostafa Abid Khan, Muhammad Mahmood, Ramendra Basak, and Shamsuddin Tareq.