Economic Reporter :
Bangladesh Bank’s Chief Economist Faisal Ahmed on Saturday said the diversification in Bangladeshi business beyond the RMG sector is shaping the country for a better future in the next decade.
Speaking at the 5th Leadership Summit, organised by Bangladesh Brand Forum, he said leveraging finance, fiscal policies, technology and avoiding policy capture will be the key to further economic development.
Faisal Ahmed also said the need for innovation and higher productivity in agriculture and service manufacturing to further establish Bangladesh’s global footprint. With the tagline ‘Bangladesh Dialogue for the Next 10 Years’, the summit included the presence of leaders of various industries who shared their ideas to prepare future leaders.
The event comprised of four keynote sessions, two insight sessions, and four panel discussions. One of the speakers, Anir Chowdhury, Policy Adviser for Access to Information (a2i) at the Prime Minister’s Office, talked extensively about capacity building in the form of “Innovation 2041”.
He said while individual capacity to innovate is high; the government and academia’s capacity needs to increase as well, citing the current scenario of using 19th century academic modules in the 21st century.
The introduction of service process simplification, for example, has brought benefits to citizens, who, for example, wanted access or delivery of their land records from their nearest vicinity. What looked impossible even a decade back now it is possible, thanks to digitisation.
Anir also talked about the success story of universal health cards, which are provided to the poor, giving them priority in receiving healthcare from government medical facilities. He said these were some of the 200 initiatives they implemented to enhance the country’s civil service innovation culture, by which the government comes to the citizen instead of the other way around.
Bangladesh Bank’s Chief Economist Faisal Ahmed on Saturday said the diversification in Bangladeshi business beyond the RMG sector is shaping the country for a better future in the next decade.
Speaking at the 5th Leadership Summit, organised by Bangladesh Brand Forum, he said leveraging finance, fiscal policies, technology and avoiding policy capture will be the key to further economic development.
Faisal Ahmed also said the need for innovation and higher productivity in agriculture and service manufacturing to further establish Bangladesh’s global footprint. With the tagline ‘Bangladesh Dialogue for the Next 10 Years’, the summit included the presence of leaders of various industries who shared their ideas to prepare future leaders.
The event comprised of four keynote sessions, two insight sessions, and four panel discussions. One of the speakers, Anir Chowdhury, Policy Adviser for Access to Information (a2i) at the Prime Minister’s Office, talked extensively about capacity building in the form of “Innovation 2041”.
He said while individual capacity to innovate is high; the government and academia’s capacity needs to increase as well, citing the current scenario of using 19th century academic modules in the 21st century.
The introduction of service process simplification, for example, has brought benefits to citizens, who, for example, wanted access or delivery of their land records from their nearest vicinity. What looked impossible even a decade back now it is possible, thanks to digitisation.
Anir also talked about the success story of universal health cards, which are provided to the poor, giving them priority in receiving healthcare from government medical facilities. He said these were some of the 200 initiatives they implemented to enhance the country’s civil service innovation culture, by which the government comes to the citizen instead of the other way around.
