Agence France-PresseBangladesh's "banker to the poor" says the world has missed a golden opportunity to help the neediest people on the planet with a redesign of the financial system in the wake of the global economic crisis. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who along wit...
Registration for this event is now closed. For the week of 4-11 November 2009, Professor Muhammad Yunus will be visiting Germany, for a week full of memorable meetings, official events, and the very first Global Grameen Meeting ever. His visit will begin in Wiesbaden, a...
Abu Dhabi, Oct 12th, 2009 (WAM): HE Sheikh Nahyan Mubarak Al Nahyan Minister of Higher Education '&' Scientific Research, President of Zayed University, signed yesterday with Bangladesh's Nobel Peace Prize winner, economist Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chairman of Yunus Ce...
Do you think it is ethical to charge the poor interest and make a profit out of it? —Hasan Iqbal, Sundsvall, Sweden In Bangladesh, Grameen Bank charges the lowest rate among all microcredit programs, and yes, we make a profit. But Grameen Bank is owned by the bor...
President Barack ObamaPresident of the United States of AmericaWhite HouseWashington DCOctober 9, 2009Dear President Obama:Heartiest congratulations on receiving the greatest prize in the world – The Nobel Peace Prize.Right now you are the person with the high...
Micro Capital Press ReleaseNEW YORK, September 24 - Grameen Trust and Fundacion Carlos Slim A.C., the family charitable foundation of Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Helu, have officially launched the Grameen Carso. The official documents have been signed and the operat...
LaTribune.fr Le défi de ce nouveau modèle économique est d'importance. Il s'agit, pour les actionnaires, d'attendre un retour sur investissement qui ne soit pas financier mais sociétal.La crise aura eu un mérite : celui de révéler les excès dâ...
CGI Returns to a Place Called Hope Each year, layer upon layer is added to the Clinton Global Initiative. Government leaders, philanthropists, corporate titans are all intricately choreographed into panel discussions, awards ceremonies, plenary presentations and commitm...
Business Week Posted by Steve Hamm Noble Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was his level-headed, provocative self this morning when my colleague, Jay Greene, and I met him at the Sheraton Hotel around the corner from our office. We asked him: How can the advocates...
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman has gone few steps forward on his endeavour to make banking sector more pro-poor as he highly criticised the country's banks and financial institutions for their lukewarm approach to the poorer section of the society.The governor...
