Building Bangladesh’s most usable policy evidence platform. PPRC’s research must be easy to find, understand, cite, and use.
The strategic and technical parameters for the next phase of PPRC's digital presence.
Recommended Route
Flagship Evidence
Redesign plus one web-native flagship report format.
Timeline
14–16 Weeks
Includes UX, development, migration, and training.
Tech Stack
Strapi CMS + Astro
Headless performance without SaaS lock-in.
Investment
13L – 16.5L BDT
Proves the platform model before scaling.
PPRC publishes extensive evidence online. The strongest findings remain buried inside PDFs. The website must shift from a passive archive to an active evidence platform.
Users must understand the main point before opening a full report.
Findings must be easy to quote, download, and cite accurately.
Connect current headlines to PPRC's long-term research agenda.
Five pillars to turn dense archives into usable public systems.
A front page showing what PPRC is saying now. It features active research over passive history.
Curated hubs for core issues. These combine research, publications, events, and experts in one place.
Dedicated pages for major reports. They extract the value before asking the user to download a PDF.
A structured research library. It includes deep search, metadata filtering by year and theme, and short summaries to make past work usable.
PPRC’s survey data supports curated indicators and static charts in Phase 1. This expands into public data tools once data readiness, permissions, and publication suitability are confirmed.
Structured paths based on institutional readiness.
Improves technical infrastructure. It relies on standard PDF delivery.
Modern publishing and a flagship proof-of-concept.
Comprehensive rollout. It includes interactive public data tools.
Operational, technical, and governance details for procurement review.
We recommend Strapi for the backend and Astro for the frontend. This ensures performance without SaaS lock-in.
PPRC staff manage content through a secure browser panel. Multilingual routing for future Bangla content is built into the architecture from Day 1.
Note: WordPress remains a viable fallback if PPRC prioritises a wider local developer pool over custom performance.
A website fails without clear internal roles. PPRC must appoint an Editorial Owner before kickoff.
Included: Priority content migration, SEO preservation, CMS training, staging environments, and one web-native report template.
Excluded: Full legacy archive rewriting, Bangla translation execution, data cleaning, video production, and ongoing hosting fees.
Roadmap: Discovery and alignment; information architecture and content model; UX and visual design; CMS and frontend development; content migration and training; launch and post-launch optimisation.
Review gates: Strategy confirmation, sitemap approval, visual direction approval, working CMS review and final pre-launch approval.
Optional post-launch support: updates, backups, uptime checks, bug fixes, analytics review and minor improvements can be provided through a monthly retainer, indicatively BDT 50,000–1,00,000 depending on support depth.
We track impact alongside traffic. Success metrics include: