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Chairman Kerry Concerned About Efforts To Remove Muhammad Yunus From Bank Post |
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Washington, D.C. -Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry
(D-MA) released the following statement on the possible removal of
Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus as Managing Director
of the Grameen Bank, which he founded:
"I am deeply concerned by efforts to remove Muhammad Yunus as managing
director of the Grameen Bank. The international community will watch
this situation closely, and I hope that both sides can reach a
compromise that maintains Grameen Bank's autonomy and effectiveness.
Institutions like the Grameen Bank make a significant contribution to
Bangladesh's development and democracy and Professor Yunus's life-long
work to reduce poverty and empower women through microloans has
deservedly received world-wide attention and respect."
Source:http://foreign.senate.gov/press/chair/release/?id=7a0be0ff-8c87-4841-a6e6-e595003ab3f5
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