DHAKA: Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus addressed the opening ceremony of the 17th Micro-credit Summit in Merida, Mexico, held on September 3-5.

The summit focused on the theme ‘Generation Next: Innovations in Microfinance’.

Dr Muhammad Yunus inaugurated the summit where Mexican Minister of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal and Yucatan Governor Rolando Rodrigo Zapata Bello among others attended.

The Summit discussed how to cultivate the next generation of financial leaders who can use the new tools of connectivity and measurement to reach those left out of our current financial system including, role of government, commercial business, social business, civil society to address the needs of the poor and the vulnerable.

Yucatan Governor Rolando Rodrigo Zapata Bello appointed Dr Yunus as his economic adviser.

The Summit was attended by 900 delegates from 75 countries, including 21 participants representing Grameen organizations, BRAC, PKSF, CDF, BDI and others.

BDST: 1528 HRS, SEP 08, 2014