Sep 20 2008
Muhammad Yunus
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Founder of the Grameen Bank and Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize
In 1976, Muhammad Yunus founded the Grameen Bank to make loans to poor Bangladeshis. Since then the Grameen Bank has issued more than US$ 5.1 billion to 5.3 million borrowers. The success of the Grameen model has inspired similar efforts throughout the developing world and even in industrialized nations including the USA. His methods have also been applied to Burma and in Kosovo with great success and he is now embarking upon an effort to eliminate global poverty.
“One day our grandchildren will go to museums to see what poverty was like.”
In detail
Besides Grameen Bank he has created a number of companies in Bangladesh to address diverse issues of poverty and development. Among the companies are Grameen Phone (a mobile telephone company), Grameen Cybernet (Internet Service Provider), Grameen Communications (Rural Internet Service Provider), Grameen Software company, Grameen Information Technology Park, Grameen Fund (Social Venture Capital Company), Grameen Capital Management company and many more.
What he offers you
Muhammad Yunus is a highly charismatic figure with a wealth of innovative ideas and the power to help thousands of people to decide their own destiny. He carefully explains to audiences his ideas and lays the foundations for the successful implementation of his model which is eradicating poverty around the globe.
Topics
The Grameen Model
Economic Self-advancement
The Eradication of Poverty
Economic Development
Social & Economic Policy Making
Publications
1998
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World Poverty
Awards
2006 8th Seoul Peace Prize
2006 Honorary Doctorate from the American University of Beirut
2006 Mother Teresa Award, India
2006 Nobel Peace Prize
2004 The Economist newspaper’s Prize for social and economic innovation.
1998 Prince of Asturias Award
1998 Sydney Peace Prize
1996 Simón Bolívar Prize from UNESCO
1994 World Food Prize
1993 CARE Humanitarian Award
1989 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Switzerland
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