MALAYSIA Awarded 1994 Tun Abdul Razak Award for the Bank's unique programme to lend money to the poorest of the poor and thus transform the lives of thousands of impoverished people....
BANGLADESH Awarded Independence Day Award for outstanding contribution to Rural Development....
BELGIUMAwarded "The King Baudouin International Development Prize 1992" for its recognition of the role of women in the process of development and the novelty of a financial credit system contributing to the improvement of the social and material condition of women and ...
List of Honorary Degrees for Professor Muhammad Yunus
1992 - 2010
Sl. No
Name of Countries
Number of Degrees
1.
Argentina
1
2.
Australia
2
3.
Bangladesh
1
4.
Belgium
3
5.
Canada
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Star Online ReportGrameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus today suggested that some new institutions such as separate stock markets be set up for social business, an idea the Nobel laureate devised."There should be a new stock market for the social business ventures in futu...
The GuardianAs a bank created for poor women in Bangladesh prepares to open its doors in Britain, Alison Benjamin hears from its Nobel peace prize-winning founder Muhammad Yunus about how the recession can help people out of poverty.There is a banker who is still feted ...
The B-School and Social BusinessToday’s turbulent economy has underscored the fact that capitalism isn’t perfect. Even when capitalism is functioning well, there are chronic problems of hunger, poverty, homelessness, malnutrition, economic disparity, pollu...
The former President of India, Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam today visited Grameen Bank to meet with Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. It was his first stop during his three day visit to Bangladesh.During the hour-long meeting, Professor Yunus briefed Dr Kalam on the a...
Salt Lake City, UtahMuhammad Yunus and Gayle Ferraro watch scenes from her documentary about opening a branch of his Grameen Bank in New York City with 500 women borrowersA social entrepreneur is someone who solves a societal problem with a novel solution that benefits ...
