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The reform program continued in subsequent years. Bangladesh bank administered the World Bank's Financial Institutions Development Project from 2000 to 2006, which, according to Asian Development Bank, enabled "substantial progress towards sustainable financing of private sector initiatives to accelerate industrial growth in the country". [10]
The microcredit program in Bangladesh is implemented by NGOs, Grameen Bank, different types of government-owned banks, private commercial banks, and specialized programs of some ministries of the Bangladesh Government, etc. Despite the fact that more than a thousand institutions are operating microcredit programs, only 10 large Microcredit ...
Grameen Bank (Bengali: গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক) is a microfinance, specialized community development bank founded in Bangladesh. [5] [6] It provides small loans (known as microcredit or "grameencredit") [7] to the impoverished without requiring collateral. Grameen Bank is a statutory public authority.
The latest is the 51th branch of BDBL in Chitalmari Branch, Bagerhat. The bank's new branch, Amin Tower, 1st Floor, Upozilla Road, Chitalmari, Bagerhat, the 51th branch of Bangladesh Development Bank PLC (BDBL), was inaugurated in Chitalmari, Bagerhat on 16-01-2025.[1] Bangladesh Development Bank PLC (BDBL) operates its banking operations online.
This sector is mainly represented by Specialized Financial Institutions like House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC), Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Samabay Bank, Grameen Bank etc., Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and discrete government programs. The informal sector includes private intermediaries which are completely unregulated.
Bangladesh Bank performs all the functions that a central bank in any country is expected to perform. Such functions include maintaining price stability through economic and monetary policy measures, managing the country's foreign exchange and gold reserve, and regulating the banking sector of the country.
In 2011, ASA, together with Grameen Bank and BRAC, accounted for 62 per cent of Bangladesh's 18.5 million micro-borrowers and 69 per cent of the sector's gross loan portfolio. [17] At the industry level, overall average borrower numbers and portfolios have been rising steadily, ASA's active borrower accounts in 2008 and 2009 fell by 32 percent.
Bangladesh Development Forum is a biannual, was annual till 2005, conference in Bangladesh between the government and donor agencies. [1] This is an invite only meeting let by the Finance Minister of Bangladesh.