Islamic Development Bank Group Chairman Muhammad Al Jasser met Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus to discuss how Bangladesh’s experience in microcredit, social business and financial inclusion could inform development programs across the bank’s member countries. The talks focused on practical, people-centered financing models and Yunus’s vision of zero poverty, zero unemployment and zero net carbon emissions. The discussion emphasized creating pathways for young people to become entrepreneurs and job creators, including through digitally enabled approaches to social challenges. Al Jasser expressed interest in Bangladesh’s experience, while Yunus invited the bank to examine Grameen programs covering financial inclusion, social business and community-based health services for models that may be transferable to other member countries.
2026-09-03Islamic Development Bank
Islamic Development Bank explores wider use of Bangladesh’s microfinance and social business models across member countries
The Islamic Development Bank and Professor Muhammad Yunus explored how Bangladesh’s microfinance and social business experience could be applied across the bank’s member countries. Their discussions focused on youth entrepreneurship, financial inclusion and community-based development models.