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MICRO IMPACT INVESTMENT BANK

By Farhadur Raza

Bangladesh once led the world by redefining access to finance. This Book envisions how it can lead again by redefining ownership of finance and wealth creation. This Book presents a bold and timely vision: the establishment of Bangladesh’s first commercial Micro Impact Investment (MI2) Bank, a regulated, profit-oriented financial institution dedicated exclusively to micro-scale impact investment. Built on globally tested...

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MICRO IMPACT INVESTMENT BANK

MICRO IMPACT INVESTMENT BANK

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প্রথম প্রকাশিত

August 2026

পৃষ্ঠার সংখ্য

248

ISBN

9789845290647

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Bangladesh once led the world by redefining access to finance. This Book envisions how it can lead again by redefining ownership of finance and wealth creation. This Book presents a bold and timely vision: the establishment of Bangladesh’s first commercial Micro Impact Investment (MI2) Bank, a regulated, profit-oriented financial institution dedicated exclusively to micro-scale impact investment. Built on globally tested best practices yet deeply grounded in Bangladesh’s socio-economic realities, regulatory frameworks, women managed finance and impact entrepreneurial culture, the proposed MI2 Bank represents the next evolution of inclusive finance. The Bank integrates lessons from institutional giants such as Grameen Bank, BRAC, and policy frameworks guided by Bangladesh Bank. It also draws upon global impact investment leadership from the Global Steering Group for Impact (GSG Impact), Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), and equity-based Islamic banking experiences in Malaysia and Indonesia, where risk-sharing models have demonstrated commercial sustainability alongside ethical finance. At its heart, the book calls for a paradigm shift:
•    From credit to investment;
•    From debt dependency to asset ownership;
•    From subsistence survival to impact enterprise growth; and
•    From poverty alleviation to wealth democratisation.

Farhadur Raza

Nearly thirty-five years ago, my wife and I left Bangladesh
as young architects and settled in Australia, carrying little more than a
suitcase filled with dreams, hope, and determination to build a better future.
Today, I return to Bangladesh with that same suitcase, still full of dreams,
but now enriched with decades of life experience, global exposure, and a deeper
purpose. I firmly believe that people do not seek charity, they seek a fair
chance to participate, to build, and to prosper.

Although I did not begin my professional journey as a banker
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or financial expert, that very absence of traditional financial training
probably allowed me to see the problem through a different lens, a lens with
very personal experience being part of the traditional financial ecosystem. An
investment lens that integrates people, planet, and prosperity. Drawing
learnings from my Australian Government Public Service experiences in strategic
policy development and national programme delivery for remote Indigenous
communities, along with my current role leading the impact investment movement
in Bangladesh through Build Bangladesh since 2016 and the National Advisory
Board (NAB) for Impact Investment in Bangladesh, have further strengthened this
vision. These learnings gradually evolved into the concept of a commercial
Micro Impact Investment (MI2) Bank.

Finally, training in architecture taught me to imagine what
‘does not yet exist’! Inspired by that spirit of innovation, the question that
drives me is simple yet profound: one hundred years from now, will our actions
today, be remembered as a legacy that strengthened people, planet, prosperity,
and good governance?

My determination is to ensure, the answer is yes.

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