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Jassim Al Kharafi, former Speaker of the National Assembly of the State of Kuwait for 13 years and former Minister of Finance, currently serves in the private sector as the Chairman and Managing Director of Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons Company (MAK Group), a private Kuwaiti-based group with more than 100 years of experience in diverse interests and activities worldwide. Here, he discusses with World Report the close bonds between the UK and Kuwait, which are unlike any other in the Gulf region, and the opportunities for British businesses to strengthen them further

Bangladesh has had a Ba3 (stable) rating from Moody's since 2010. Due to its strategic location, Bangladesh can be the Singapore of South Asia. The poverty rate in Bangladesh is decreasing. In fact absolute poverty decreased 8,9 % in just 5 years, from 40.4% in 2005 to in 31.5% in 2010. The Government is going ahead with a powerful plan to combat poverty with an amount of Tk 43.680 crore

Under the leadership of Governor Dr Atiur Rahman, Bangladesh’s Central Bank (Bangladesh Bank) has sharpened its focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) over the past three years to a level unmatched by any other central bank in the world.

ABB, a forum for friendship and business among bankers

Bangladesh’s Minister of Finance Abul Maal Abdul Muhith talks to World Report about the country’s huge need for investment in power and infrastructure, and provides an overview of Bangladesh’s economic growth, his published ideas on how to dramatically reduce corruption and his key role in establishing the micro-credit industry in his country.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Dipu Moni speaks with World Report about her country’s history, resilience in the face of adversity, its remarkable achievements in food security and women’s empowerment, and its strong lasting ties to the UK and the region

Where do you want to do business?

London-based Gatehouse Bank prides itself in having a solutions-based ethos – not only providing fundamental banking, but also offering real-estate investments options and solutions, structured finance, wealth management and Shariah advisory services

Peter Sunday Adebola, Managing Director of BGL Securities Nigeria, discusses the country’s financial sector with World Report and explains that as BGL is “entirely focused on satisfying our clients, when they are looking for large volumes of shares to buy, BGL is in a position to use our network of branches and also our contacts to make sure that we deliver this for them.” He urges international investors to seriously look into coming to Nigeria, as it offers a lot of opportunities and a very high return on investment.

Dr Vahdettin Ertaş, Chairman of the Capital Markets Board of Turkey, speaks to World Report about how the restructuring of the Turkish banking sector after Turkey’s economic crisis in 2001 it has become one of the major banking systems in the world with regard to soundness and profitability. He also discusses how the new capital market law “ is a milestone for us to ready our markets to realize the Vision 2023.”