Microfinance Pioneer Fired from Bank in Bangladesh (The Independent)
David Roodman was quoted in an article on Muhammad Yunus in The Independent.
From the Article
Observers said the reasons for the bid to drive Mr Yunus from the Grameen Bank, in which the government holds a 25 per cent stake, appeared more likely to be related to animosity between him and Mrs Hasina that dates back several years to when Mr Yunus spoke of the need to reform politics and considered forming his own party. Mrs Hasina may covet the additional political leverage that greater control of the bank would bring. In December, she accused Mr Yunus of "sucking blood from the poor".
"She thinks she deserved the Nobel Prize, knows Yunus is the most famous Bangladeshi, and perhaps projects herself on to him, seeing him as a potential political rival with a base of [9 million] Grameen members," said David Roodman, a fellow at the Centre for Global Development in Washington.
