Yunus attends IDB's advisory panel meeting
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus joined some of the leading global experts at a high-level meeting at Islamic Development Bank's headquarters on March 12.
The meeting was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, under the umbrella of IDB President's Advisory Panel, Yunus Centre said in a statement yesterday.
The panel is an advisory body of global experts who work with the IDB president to provide independent advice on the overall strategy of the IDB, as well as give input into the policy direction of the bank for the benefit of member countries.
IDB President Ahmad Mohamed Ali in his opening remarks of the panel said: “IDB is interested in creating awareness on the potential of the youth.”
“Our member countries are in a real danger of being left behind. Currently, 24 of the 50 most fragile countries are OIC member countries.”
Prof Yunus addressed the challenges outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals at the meeting.
He said IDB should focus on achieving the SDGs in member countries. He elaborated his goals of three zeros: zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero net emission.
He proposed creation of social business fund as a part of IDB, according to the statement.
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