Atiur receives Gusi Peace Prize
Atiur receives Gusi Peace Prize
Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman received the Gusi Peace Prize 2014 at a ceremony in Manila yesterday.
The Gusi Peace Prize foundation has termed Rahman as the "poor man's economist" in the award citation.
"I see this prestigious Gusi peace prize initiative as a reaffirmation of our collective commitment to human progress through poverty eradication and social empowerment of the disadvantaged segments of our communities," the governor told the ceremony. The prize reinvigorates and inspires all awardees hugely on their journey onward, for economic and environmental emancipation, he said.
The initiatives in Bangladesh for promoting equitable, inclusive and environmentally sustainable socioeconomic growth and development have paid the country well in terms of attaining consistently less volatile six plus growth rate, falling inflation and stable exchange rate, he said.
“I have persistently tried to steer banking away from its traditional urban elite oriented focus towards meaningful financial inclusion of the underserved poor,” a statement quoted the governor as saying.
"I have also been pursuing reorienting of financing flows towards support of environmentally benign 'green' output practices, to protect our future generations from environmental degradation and climate change threats."
From Bangladesh, AHM Nouman, founder and secretary general of the Development Organisation of the Rural Poor, won the award in 2013 for his contribution towards poverty alleviation and humanitarianism.