Banker to the Poor
Autor Muhammad Yunusen Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 sep 2003
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The
inspirational
story
of
how
Nobel
Prize
winner
Muhammad
Yunus
invented
microcredit,
founded
the
Grameen
Bank,
and
transformed
the
fortunes
of
millions
of
poor
people
around
the
world.
Muhammad
Yunus
was
a
professor
of
economics
in
Bangladesh,
who
realized
that
the
most
impoverished
members
of
his
community
were
systematically
neglected
by
the
banking
system
--
no
one
would
loan
them
any
money.
Yunus
conceived
of
a
new
form
of
banking
--
microcredit
--
that
would
offer
very
small
loans
to
the
poorest
people
without
collateral,
and
teach
them
how
to
manage
and
use
their
loans
to
create
successful
small
businesses.
He
founded
Grameen
Bank
based
on
the
belief
that
credit
is
a
basic
human
right,
not
the
privilege
of
a
fortunate
few,
and
it
now
provides
$24
billion
of
micro-loans
to
more
than
nine
million
families.
Ninety-seven
percent
of
its
clients
are
women,
and
repayment
rates
are
over
90
percent.
Outside
of
Bangladesh,
micro-lending
programs
inspired
by
Grameen
have
blossomed,
and
serve
hundreds
of
millions
of
people
around
the
world.
The
definitive
history
of
micro-credit
direct
from
the
man
that
conceived
of
it,
Banker
to
the
Poor
is
the
moving
story
of
someone
who
dreamed
of
changing
the
world
--
and
did.
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Specificații
Notă biografică
Muhammad
Yunuswas
born
in
Bangladesh
and
earned
his
Ph.D.
in
economics
in
the
United
States
at
Vanderbilt
University,
where
he
was
deeply
influenced
by
the
civil
rights
movement.
He
is
the
author
of
Creating
a
World
Without
Poverty,
Building
Social
Business,
and
A
World
of
Three
Zeros.
The
recipient
of
the
Nobel
Peace
Prize,
the
Congressional
Gold
Medal,
and
the
Presidential
Medal
of
Freedom,
he
still
lives
in
Bangladesh,
and
travels
widely
around
the
world
on
behalf
of
Grameen
and
the
concept
of
micro-credit.
Recenzii
"By
giving
poor
people
the
power
to
help
themselves,
Dr.
Yunus
has
offered
them
something
far
more
valuable
than
a
plate
of
food
-
security
in
its
most
fundamental
form."—President
Jimmy
Carter
"[Yunus'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."—Washington Post
"I only wish every nation shared Dr. Yunus's and the Grameen Bank's appreciation of the vital role that women play in the economic, social, and political life of our societies."—Hillary Clinton
"Muhammad Yunus is a practical visionary who has improved the lives of millions of people in his native Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world. Banker to the Poor [is] well-reasoned yet passionate."—Los Angeles Times
"A fascinating and compelling account by someone who decided to make a difference, and did."—CHOICE
"[Yunus'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."—Washington Post
"I only wish every nation shared Dr. Yunus's and the Grameen Bank's appreciation of the vital role that women play in the economic, social, and political life of our societies."—Hillary Clinton
"Muhammad Yunus is a practical visionary who has improved the lives of millions of people in his native Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world. Banker to the Poor [is] well-reasoned yet passionate."—Los Angeles Times
"A fascinating and compelling account by someone who decided to make a difference, and did."—CHOICE
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