Banker to the Poor
Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
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Muhammad Yunus is that rare thing: a bona fide visionary. His dream is the total eradication of poverty from the world. In 1983, against the advice of banking and government officials, Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with minuscule loans. Grameen Bank, based on the belief that credit is a basic human right, not the privilege of a fortunate few, now provides over 2.5 billion dollars of micro-loans to more than two million families in rural Bangladesh. Ninety-four percent of Yunus's clients are women, and repayment rates are near 100 percent.... more
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Roger Thurow I chose this book for the power of the story that he tells – the founding of Grameen Bank and the success that it has had. (Source)
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- #13 in Development Economics
- #84 in Economics
- #24 in Investment Banking
- #25 in Poverty
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