Muhammed Yunus is no stranger to controversy爭議. He sent a letter of resignation earlier this month from his job as the head of Grameen Bank, after effectively being forced 強迫 out. He told me it was very painful to leave because the non-profit-making institution非營利機構 was his 'baby' - but he had no other option left.
He said the prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, had been 'badly advised' when she accused his bank of 'sucking吸 blood' from the poor.
Asked about a micro-finance crisis in India, where there were allegations of exorbitant過高的 interest rates and threatening tactics恐嚇戰術 by lenders, he said commercial organisations which had entered the micro-credit business had 'lost track.'
Muhammad Yunus:
"The idea of micro-credit was misused濫用. Idea of micro-credit was abused. So when micro-credit focussed on the social issues turned into money-making issues, that was a mission drift漂流, 飄移 completely."
"The idea of micro-credit was misused濫用. Idea of micro-credit was abused. So when micro-credit focussed on the social issues turned into money-making issues, that was a mission drift漂流, 飄移 completely."
Professor Yunus denied suggestions that the broader廣泛的 concept概念 of micro-credit had failed. He suggested that a separate banking system should be created for the poor, while the profit-making companies in the sector should not be allowed to call themselves micro-credit lenders.
Lesley Curwen, BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/05/110525_witn_yunus.shtml
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