Special stimulus package to create 200,000 jobs

Bangladesh Bank and Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) today signed a Tk 50 billion agreement to accelerate sustainable job creation by boosting financing for targeted microenterprises and stimulating grassroots economic activities. The agreement was signed at Bangladesh Bank headquarters in Dhaka in the presence of Bangladesh Bank’s Deputy Governors Dr Md Kabir Ahmed and Md Anis Ur Rahman, and Director Nawshad Mustafa, and PKSF’s Managing Director Md Fazlul Kader, Deputy Managing Director Dr Akond Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, and Senior General Manager Dr AKM Nuruzzaman, a press release said.     

On May 23, Bangladesh Bank announced the Tk 50 billion special stimulus package to support specialized interventions through PKSF aimed at accelerating employment generation across the country. PKSF has completed all preparations to implement a nationwide program using the fund. The program seeks to create employment in the microenterprise sector by ensuring increased access to finance for targeted microenterprises, alongside other necessary forms of support. It will be implemented through three core components: financial services, business-cluster-based value chain development, and skills development for entrepreneurs.  

To create 200,000 jobs in the microenterprise sector, PKSF will support the development of promising business clusters that have emerged across different parts of the country. To meet growing demand at the grassroots level and ensure the optimal use of the fund, the incentive fund will be operated as a revolving fund. This will ensure a continuous flow of finance and help transform the country’s microenterprise sector into one of the key engines of inclusive economic growth.