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Independent Review of RBD Bangladesh's Development Banking Sector as the Factor Inhibiting Development ☐ The severity of high NPLs is currently invisible due to the measures taken to ease loan classification. However, the volume of NPL may rise significantly in the coming days as impact of lifting the moratorium on loan classification becomes visible At present, problems of the banking sector are being tackled by government's support. This is possible since banking assets are only about 56% of GDP. When banking assets will increase, the government may not be able to do so. As Bangladesh prepares for graduation from a Least Developed Country (LDC) to a developing country and from a lower middle- income country to an upper middle-income country, it is crucial to develop a sound financial system which will ensure finance for development, not finance for crony capitalism. ☐ Regrettably, reform in the banking sector is still an unfinished agenda CPD (2022): State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2021-22 (Third Reading) 77

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