Mark Malloch-Brown, an adviser of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today (8 December) discussed wide-ranging issues with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus including misinformation campaign targeting Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.
Mark, also a World Bank adviser, met with the chief adviser at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka, reads a press release.
The former British minister thanked Yunus for assuming the leadership of the interim government at a very crucial time in Bangladesh’s history, especially at a time when expectations were high.
Mark said he would be happy to extend his help for the cause of the Bangladeshi people.
They also discussed the mass uprising in July-August, development issues, the interim government’s reform initiatives, healthcare, social business, and microcredit.
Professor Yunus thanked Mark, also a former head of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), for supporting Bangladesh.
Yunus said managing expectations is one of the key challenges of the government.
The chief adviser further said, “Reform was the keyword of the July-August student-led mass uprising, and his government is committed to carrying out major reforms before holding a free and fair election.
“The interim government will act as a facilitator of the reform process and has set up 15 reform commissions so far to fix key institutions left broken by the dictatorship of Sheikh Hasina,” he added.
Dr Martha Chen, a development worker, Asif Saleh, the executive director of BRAC, and Lamiya Morshed, senior secretary of the Bangladesh government, were also present at the meeting.
