The World Bank provided over $3 billion in funding to Bangladesh in the last fiscal year and has committed to maintaining similar support over the next three years. During a meeting in Dhaka with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, Vice President for South Asia Johannes Zutt praised the interim government's financial sector reforms and reaffirmed the Bank’s support for inclusive growth in Bangladesh. Zutt commended Yunus's leadership in youth engagement and women’s empowerment. Yunus emphasized harnessing youth for industrial growth and envisioned Bangladesh as a major economic force.