AmCham and World Bank Discuss Private Sector Challenges and Opportunities

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On September 8 at 1:00 PM, a World Bank delegation led by ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐‡๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐š๐ก๐ข๐› ๐’๐จ๐ก, ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ, met with ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐’๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐„๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ ๐€๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐, ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐€๐ฆ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ, to discuss recent economic developments, trade issues, and the World Bankโ€™s upcoming budget support program focusing on jobs and its forthcoming Growth and Jobs Report at Sheraton Banani.

The World Bank team highlighted ongoing initiatives to advance private sector reforms in collaboration with the interim government. During the meeting, Mr. Ahmed emphasized the importance of policy continuity and predictability, rationalization of HS codes, elimination of manual signatures in customs clearance, and expedited clearance processes to enhance global competitiveness, while also underscoring the need for youth upskilling. ๐€๐ฆ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐„๐‚ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ฎ๐›๐š๐›๐š ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐š, ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ก, ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง, and ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Š๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐‘๐ข๐ฒ๐š๐๐ก also attended the meeting.