Muhammad Yunus is world-famous for pioneering microfinance in Bangladesh. Less well known is another groundbreaking effort of his in the field of healthcare. Although still under development, it could revolutionise the way that doctors serve rural and remoteÂ...
A book review of "Creating a World Without Poverty".
By Jeevan Karki From: www.ekantipur.com
Half the world's population lives on US $ 2 a day and over a billion people live on less than a dollar a day. Poverty is the deprivation of basic needs and opportunities every...
CSU Channel Islands (CI) has received a three year $300,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for the new California Institute for Social Business (CISB). This is the first gift to CISB and will be used to begin laying the foundation for staff building, curricu...
On the occasion of The International Day for Eradication of Poverty (17th October, 2010), Professor Yunus has been awarded with the Global Award at "The Third China Poverty Eradication Awards" series at a high level ceremony at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing....
Below is the transcript of Representative Rush Holts speech in support of the legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Professor Yunus. Rep. Holt represents New Jersey's 12th District in the House of Representatives, the lower house of the United States Cong...
Japan's leading agro-company Yukiguni Maitake Co. (YMC), Ltd today signed a joint venture agreement with Grameen Krishi Foundation (GKF) for establishing a new social business in the field of agriculture. The joint venture aims to produce high quality mung beans in Bang...
Says leading economist
Bangladesh's microfinanciers could "step in to fill the gap" left by the government's limited ability and market's failures to bring healthcare services to the people, a leading health economist said yesterday.
Microcredit could be evaluated as ...
$27: How much it took for one professor of economics to change the world
By Tamarah Feder
Since the early 1970s, Dr. Muhammad Yunus has been making the world a better place for millions living in dire poverty but who possess an entrepreneurial drive. The 2006 Nobel Pe...
Professor Cam Donaldson, Yunus Chair and Director of the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health at the Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) paid a visit to the Yunus Centre, Dhaka on the 6th of October. Professor Donaldson, who has worked for the past 25 years on H...
On the 5th of October, 2010 President Obama signed into law the Congressional Bill which awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to Professor Yunus.
The press release from the Office of the Press Secretary of the White House reads: "S. 846, which provides for the award of...
