Economic Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Mashiur Rahman on Thursday said that the IMF’s lending as budget support means that the economic management of a country is sound.
He mentioned that the IMF loan works as like a character certificate and if we get this certificate, everyone will show interest in giving us loans.
Mashiur was addressing a seminar titled ‘South-South and Triangular Cooperation: Tapping New Opportunities.’
The seminar was jointly organised by the Economic Relations Division (ERD) and UNDP in the capital, at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel, Dhaka.
UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis and UNDP Resident Representative Stefan Liller were present as special guests while ERD Secretary Sharifa Khan presided over the function.
Policy Exchange of Bangladesh CEO and Chairman M. Masrur Reaz and Research and Policy Integration for Development (PRI) Chairman Dr MA Razzaque presented the main articles on the topic.
Faizul Islam, Additional Secretary of ERD and UNDP’s Country Economist Nazneen Ahmed also spoke at the event.