MUHAMMAD YUNUS
Professor Muhammad Yunus is the founder and Managing Director of Grameen Bank
Grameen bank currently operates 1,781 branches providing credit to 5.6 million poor people residing in 60,815 villages in Bangladesh. He originated the concept of Grameen Bank, i.e. banking without collateral for the poorest of the poor. In 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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President Obama named Muhammad Yunus as one of 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom,
America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is awarded to individuals who make an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
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Muhammad Yunus is cnosidered to be one of the pioneers of Microfinance.
Microfinance consists of making small loans, usually less than $200, to individuals, usually women, to establish or expand a small, self-sustaining business. Microfinance is often considered one of the most effective and flexible strategies in the fight against global poverty. It is sustainable and can be implemented on the massive scale necessary to respond to the urgent needs of those living on less than $1 a day, the World’s poorest.
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Muhammad Yunus is the author of Creating a World Without Poverty
Muhamad Yunus outlines his vision for a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world and tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today.
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