Mission
NRB Voice is a Bangladeshi Diaspora group that seeks to unlock the potential of NRBs (non-resident Bangladeshis) in all geographies and professions. Beyond maximizing and making more efficient remittance flows to Bangladesh, we also seek to improve knowledge transfer and increase foreign direct investment into Bangladesh.
Objectives
The objectives of NRB Voice are as follows:
- Increase the impact of NRB remittances on the economy by offering more transparent and credible investment mechanisms to increase the flow of overseas capital towards productive sectors.
- Assist in the development of Diaspora Knowledge Networks (DKNs) that see greater skills transfers from NRBs in host countries back to Bangladesh.
- Encourage both the return of NRB entrepreneurs back to Bangladesh as well as more JVs between NRB entrepreneurs in the host country and local BD companies.
- Leverage the credibility and global interface of the diaspora as part of the Bangladesh Rebranding Strategy.
- Improve the effectiveness of NRB policy advocacy to encourage and positively influence the Bangladesh economic reform agenda.
Who We Are
NRB Voice is a joint programme of the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) and Asian Tiger Capital Partners (AT Capital), supported by the UK Development for International Development (DFID). The programme was launched at a Bangladesh-British Chamber of Commerce (BBCC) event on September 23, 2009 in London.
