The microfinance industry has been accused of “sucking blood from the poor” by the prime minister of Bangladesh as part of a growing backlash against the micro-lending business in the country of its birth.
小额信贷业已经被孟加拉国总理指责为“从穷人身上吸血”,目前该行业在其发源国遭遇日益严厉的抨击。
Sheikh Hasina Wajed, prime minister, demanded an investigation into a mid-1990s fund transfer by pioneering microlender Grameen Bank. The bank was founded by Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi economist renowned for his idea of lending small sums of money to poor women to start small businesses and lift their families out of poverty.
孟加拉国总理谢赫•哈西娜•瓦吉德(Sheikh Hasina Wajed)要求对小额信贷先驱——乡村银行(Grameen Bank)在上世纪90年代中期的一笔资金转移展开调查。乡村银行由孟加拉国经济学家穆罕默德•尤努斯(Muhammad Yunus)创立。尤努斯以提出向贫穷妇女提供小额资金做小生意、从而使家庭脱贫的想法而闻名。