Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, an adviser of the IMF and World Bank and a former head of UNDP, Sunday called on Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka.
The British peer thanked Professor Yunus for leading the Interim Government during a pivotal period in Bangladesh's history, particularly when expectations were high. The former British minister expressed his willingness to offer support for the welfare of the Bangladeshi people.
The hour-long talks covered wide-ranging issues, including the mass uprising in July-August, development issues, the Interim Government's reform initiatives, the misinformation campaign targeting the student-led movement, healthcare, social business and microcredit.
Professor Yunus thanked Lord Malloch-Brown for supporting Bangladesh. He said that managing expectations is one of the key challenges of the government.
He further said that: "Reform was the key word 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 would 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."
Dr Martha Chen, a development worker, Asif Saleh, the Executive Director of Brac and Lamiya Morshed, senior secretary of the Bangladesh Government, were present in the meeting.
