InM has signed an agreement with Bangladesh Bank (BB) for conducting a study on ‘Comprehensive Rural Finance’. The agreement was signed on 17 May 2022 at the Bangladesh Bank Head Office, Motijheel C/A, Dhaka.
Dr. Farhana Nargis, Research Fellow, InM and Mr. Md. Golam Mostafa, General Manager, Human Resources Department-1, BB signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations. Dr. Mustafa K Mujeri, Executive Director, InM; Mr. Md. Kazi Saidur Rahman, Deputy Governor, BB; Mr. Serajul Islam, Executive Director, BB; Dr. Md. Ezazul Islam, General Manager, Chief Economist's Unit, BB; Dr. Md. Habibur Rahman, Chief Economist, BB; Mr. Mahbubur Rahman, Joint Director, BB; Mr. Md. Nahid Parvej, Deputy Director, BB; Mr. Shakil Ezaz, Deputy General Manager; Ms. Nahid Akhter, Senior Research Associate, InM and Mr. Farish Abdullah, Senior Assistant Director, InM were also present in the signing ceremony.
Mr. Md. Kazi Saidur Rahman, Deputy Governor, BB welcomed Dr. Mujeri and his team. He said that in order to accomplish the broader goal of providing credible research support for designing rural finance policies and institutional reorganisation by the Bangladesh Bank and other policy makers in support of the long-term policy agenda of the government for transforming Bangladesh to a high income country by 2041, this study will be a very timely and useful one.
