Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty 5 billion dollars of micro-loans to more than two million families in rural Bangladesh. Grameen Bank, based on the belief that credit is a basic human right, not the privilege of a fortunate few, now
| Title | : | Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.90 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1586481983 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 273 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2008-01-08 |
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Editorial : "ÝYunus's ideas have already had a great impact on the Third World, and hearing his appeal for a poverty-free world from the source itself can be as stirring as that all-American myth of bootstrap success."
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. Around the world, micro-lending programs inspired by Grameen are blossoming, with more than three hundred programs established in the United States alone. Banker to the Poor is Muhammad Yunus's memoir of how he decided to change his life in order to help the world's poor. In it he traces the intellectual and spiritual journey that led him to fundamentally rethink the economic relationship betwe
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