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Bangladesh PM’s Vendetta Against Grameen Bank’s Yunus

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Jan 27, 2016
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In 2012, the World Bank pulled out of its US$1.2 billion commitment to fund Bangladesh’s biggest infrastructure project, a 6.1 km. multimodal bridge over the Padma River, because of clear evidence of high-level corruption. But when Bank officials went to the government, they were ignored.

Today, however, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed is c…

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