Mastercard has organized a round table discussion on the ‘State of the Global, Regional, and Bangladesh Economic Outlook’ at the Grand Ballroom, Dhaka Sheraton Hotel.
David Mann, Chief Economist, Asia Pacific, and MEA at Mastercard Economics Institute was the keynote speaker at the event.
The program discussed the post-pandemic challenges of high inflation, fix volatility, and a higher debt burden and they have impacted emerging markets severely especially those with twin deficits. Mastercard Economics Institute, a global research and advisory group that develops innovative measurements and translates economics into results, brought together renowned economists of the country including
Mamun Rashid, Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Dr. Muhammad A (Rumee) Ali, Former Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank and CEO, Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC), Shah Md. Ahsan Habib - Director, Training, Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM), Dr. Zia Uddin Ahmed, Venture Capital, Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur, Economist and Director, Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh, Dr. M. S. Siddiqui, CEO & Managing Director, Bangla Chemical and Hydro Machines Ltd., Edimon Ginting, Country Director, Asian Development Bank, Bangladesh, Abul Kashem Md. Shirin, Dutch-Bangla Bank.
Alongside them, country head of development partner organizations, the Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of Mastercard partner banks & fintech organization in Bangladesh participated in the event.
