Tag Archives: Yunus

Beating the enemies of microfinance

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 20, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Muhammad Yunus banks on beating the enemies of microfinance The Nobel peace prize winner discusses recent attacks on his schemes to relieve poverty, from within Bangladesh and abroad Madeleine Bunting guardian.co.uk, Monday 18 July 2011 09.43 BST … Continue reading →

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Microcredit Pioneer Faces an Inquiry in Bangladesh

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 1, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Lydia Polgreen New York Times: January 29, 2011 DHAKA, Bangladesh — Any other year Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a pioneer of microcredit, would be in Davos, Switzerland, this week. For years he … Continue reading →

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Nobel Peace Prize winner’s reputation under threat in riddle of £40m loans

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 2, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews *Fariha Karim, Dhaka, and Francis Elliott, Delhi* The Times of London The reputation of a Nobel peace laureate, credited with helping to defeat global poverty through microcredit, hung in the balance last night after allegations that he had diverted … Continue reading →

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Bank for the Poor

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 13, 2006

It was 1988. The flood waters had reached Dhaka, and I needed a boat to get to the head office of the Grameen (Rural) Bank. A soft spoken unassuming gentleman, casually clad, sat at a plain wooden table. There was … Continue reading →

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