Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman called on all universities to focus on small and medium enterprises in their academic research.
He made the call while addressing an international conference on “Development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Bangladesh: Sharing Asian Experiences” held yesterday in the capital.
The two-day conference will end today.
The event was organised jointly by Bangladesh Bank, BIBM, Southeast University, CIRDAP and MSMEs dedicated banks and non-bank financial institutions.
The governor urged the universities to engage the students with research on this special segment so that they can bring out innovative ideas to flourish the sector.
“We need two growth engines including export and domestic demand and we have been working on both of these engines by empowering MSME,” said Atiur.
