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Banker to the poor : micro-lending and the battle against world poverty /

Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. This autobiography of the world-renowned, visionary economist who came up with a simple but revolutionary solution to end world poverty--micro-credit--has become the classic text for a growing movement.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yunus, Muhammad, 1940-
Other Authors: Jolis, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, ©2007.
Subjects:
Yunus, Muhammad, > 1940-
Grameen Bank > History.
Bankers > Bangladesh > Biography.
Social reformers > Bangladesh > Biography.
Microfinance > Bangladesh > History.
Rural poor > Bangladesh > History.
Autobiography
autobiographies (literary genre)
Autobiographies.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781586485467
1586485466
1283049481
9781283049481
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Number 20 Boxirbat Road, Chittagong
  • A Bengali in America
  • Back in Chittangong
  • The stool makers of Jobra Village
  • A pilot project is born
  • Expanding beyond Jobra into Tangail
  • A bank for the poor is born
  • Growth and challenges for the bank for the poor, 1984-1990
  • Applications in other poor countries
  • Applications in the United States and other wealthy countries
  • Grameen in the nineties
  • Beyond micro-credit: a new world of Grameen enterprises
  • Grameen Bank II
  • The future
  • A preview of creating a world without poverty.

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