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Banker to the poor : the autobiography of Muhammas Yunus, founder of the Grameen bank

Muhammad Yunus set up the Grameen Bank in his home country of Bangladesh with a loan of just £17, to lend tiny amounts of money to the poorest of the poor - those to whom no ordinary bank would lend. Most of his customers - as they still are - were illiterate women, wanting to set up the smallest imaginable village enterprises. It was his conviction that this new system of 'micro-credit', lending even such small sums, would give such people the spark of initiative needed to pull themselves out of poverty. Today, Yunus's system of micro-credit is practised around the world in some 60 countries,

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  • "Muhammad Yunus"
  • "Muhammad Yunus"@es
  • "Micro-lending and the battle against world poverty"@en
  • "Micro-lending and the battle against world poverty"
  • "Banquero de los pobres"
  • "Vanchito-na vanotar"
  • "Vanchto-na vanotar"
  • "Microcréditos y la batalla contra la pobreza en el mundo"
  • "Gareebon ka banker"
  • "Vers un monde sans pauvreté"@it
  • "Vers un monde sans pauvreté"@pl

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  • "Muhammad Yunus set up the Grameen Bank in his home country of Bangladesh with a loan of just £17, to lend tiny amounts of money to the poorest of the poor - those to whom no ordinary bank would lend. Most of his customers - as they still are - were illiterate women, wanting to set up the smallest imaginable village enterprises. It was his conviction that this new system of 'micro-credit', lending even such small sums, would give such people the spark of initiative needed to pull themselves out of poverty. Today, Yunus's system of micro-credit is practised around the world in some 60 countries,"@en
  • "Contains primary source material."@en
  • "Contains primary source material."
  • ""In 1983 Muhammad Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with minuscule loans. Twenty-three years later they won the Nobel Prize for Peace for their work in eradicating poverty ...Yunus aimed to help the poor by supporting the spark of personal initiative and enterprise by which they could lift themselves out of poverty forever. It was an idea born on a day in 1976 when he loaned $27 from his own pocket to forty-two people living in a tiny village. These microenterpreneurs only needed enough credit to purchase the raw materials for their trade."--Publisher."@en
  • "In 1983, against the advice of banking and government officials, Professor Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with minuscule loans. His objective was not just to help the poor survive, but to create the spark of personal initiative and enterprise that would help them lift themselves out of poverty forever. He describes the many hurdles to putting his ideas into action - battles with bank bureaucrats, the deep-rooted fears of his first, tentative borrowers, devastating floods and famines - as well as the victories - the first Grameen branch opening in Jobra village and the first cell phone delivered to a proud village "telephone lady." He challenges our common perceptions of the economic relationship between rich and poor, their respective rights and obligations, their origins, and their future."@en
  • ""Muhammad Yunus is that rare thing: a bona fide visionary. His dream is the total eradication of poverty from the world. In 1983, against the advice of banking and government officials, Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with minuscule loans. Grameen Bank, based on the belief that credit is a basic human right, not the privilege of a fortunate few, now provides over 2.5 billion dollars of micro-loans to more than two million families in rural Bangladesh. Ninety-four percent of Yunus's clients are women, and repayment rates are near 100 percent. Around the world, micro-lending programs inspired by Grameen are blossoming, with more than three hundred programs established in the United States alone. Banker to the Poor is Muhammad Yunus's memoir of how he decided to change his life in order to help the world's poor. In it he traces the intellectual and spiritual journey that led him to fundamentally rethink the economic relationship between rich and poor, and the challenges he and his colleagues faced in founding Grameen. He also provides wise, hopeful guidance for anyone who would like to join him in "putting homelessness and destitution in a museum so that one day our children will visit it and ask how we could have allowed such a terrible thing to go on for so long." The definitive history of micro-credit direct from the man that conceived of it, Banker to the Poor is necessary and inspirational reading for anyone interested in economics, public policy, philanthropy, social history, and business. Muhammad Yunus was born in Bangladesh and earned his Ph.D. in economics in the United States at Vanderbilt University, where he was deeply influenced by the civil rights movement. He still lives in Bangladesh, and travels widely around the world on behalf of Grameen Bank and the concept of micro-credit."--Publisher's website."
  • "Muhammad Yunus set up the Grameen Bank in his home country of Bangladesh with a loan of just £17, to lend tiny amounts of money to the poorest of the poor - those to whom no ordinary bank would lend. Most of his customers - as they still are - were illiterate women, wanting to set up the smallest imaginable village enterprises. It was his conviction that this new system of 'micro-credit', lending even such small sums, would give such people the spark of initiative needed to pull themselves out of poverty. Today, Yunus's system of micro-credit is practised around the world in some."@en
  • "Muhammad Yunus tiene un sueño: la erradicación total de la pobreza. En 1983, en contra de los consejos de la banca y de su gobierno, el profesor Yunus fundó Grameen, un banco dedicado a suministrar préstamos minúsculos a las personas más pobres de Bangla Desh. Su objetivo no era simplemente ayudar a que los pobres sobrevivieran, sino generar un mecanismo de ignición de la iniciativa y el espíritu emprendedor que les ayudara a salir por sí mismos de la pobreza. Su solución a la pobreza en el mundo, fundada sobre la creencia de que el crédito es un derecho humano fundamental, es de una brillante simplicidad: fomentar una serie de principios financieros sensatos y la gente se ayudará a sí misma. Llevadas a la práctica, las teorías de Yunus funcionan. El índice de reembolso de los préstamos es prácticamente del 100%. Por todo el mundo están surgiendo nuevos programas de microcrédito siguiendo su modelo.--Desde la descripción de la editorial."
  • "Muhammad Yunus tiene un sueño: la erradicación total de la pobreza. En 1983, en contra de los consejos de la banca y de su gobierno, el profesor Yunus fundó Grameen, un banco dedicado a suministrar préstamos minúsculos a las personas más pobres de Bangla Desh. Su objetivo no era simplemente ayudar a que los pobres sobrevivieran, sino generar un mecanismo de ignición de la iniciativa y el espíritu emprendedor que les ayudara a salir por sí mismos de la pobreza. Su solución a la pobreza en el mundo, fundada sobre la creencia de que el crédito es un derecho humano fundamental, es de una brillante simplicidad: fomentar una serie de principios financieros sensatos y la gente se ayudará a sí misma. Llevadas a la práctica, las teorías de Yunus funcionan. El índice de reembolso de los préstamos es prácticamente del 100%. Por todo el mundo están surgiendo nuevos programas de microcrédito siguiendo su modelo.--Desde la descripción de la editorial."@es
  • "In 1983, Muhammad Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with miniscule loans. Based on the belief that credit is a basic human right, not the privilege of a few, Grameen Bank now provides over 2.5 billion dollars of micro-loans to more than two million families in rural Bangladesh. Ninety-four percent of Yunus's clients are women, and repayment rates are nearly 100 percent. It was an idea born on a day in 1976 when he loaned $27 from his own pocket to forty-two stool makers living in a tiny village. Banker to the Poor is Muhammad Yunus's memoir of how he changed his life to help the world's poor. In it he traces the journey that led him to rethink the economic relationship between rich and poor and recounts the challenges he and his colleagues faced in founding Grameen."
  • ""Banker to the Poor is an autobiographical account of the founder of the Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus. This work is fundamental rethink on the economic relationship between the rich and the poor, their rights and obligations." "The Grameen Bank is founded on principles of trust and solidarity. Muhammad Yunus believes that the right to credit should be recognized as a fundamental human right because credit is the last hope left to those faced with absolute poverty. The unique and extraordinary methods he used to combat human despair is recounted here with humility and conviction. Yunus is familiar with both Eastern and Western cultures - on the failures and potential for good of industrial countries." "This book is an appeal for action: we must concentrate on promoting the will to survive and the courage to build in the first and most essential element of the economic cycle - Man." (jacquette)."
  • "Gujarati translation of "Banker to the poor". Autobiography of the world-renowned, visionary economist who came up with a simple but revolutionary solution to end world poverty--micro-credit--has influenced a growing movement."
  • ""Muhammad Yunus is that rare thing: a bona fide visionary. His dream is the total eradication of poverty from the world. In 1983, against the advice of banking and government officials, Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with minuscule loans. Grameen Bank, based on the belief that credit is a basic human right, not the privilege of a fortunate few, now provides over 2.5 billion dollars of micro-loans to more than two million families in rural Bangladesh. Ninety-four percent of Yunus's clients are women, and repayment rates are near 100 percent. Around the world, micro-lending programs inspired by Grameen are blossoming, with more than three hundred programs established in the United States alone. Banker to the Poor is Muhammad Yunus's memoir of how he decided to change his life in order to help the world's poor. In it he traces the intellectual and spiritual journey that led him to fundamentally rethink the economic relationship between rich and poor, and the challenges he and his colleagues faced in founding Grameen. He also provides wise, hopeful guidance for anyone who would like to join him in "putting homelessness and destitution in a museum so that one day our children will visit it and ask how we could have allowed such a terrible thing to go on for so long." The definitive history of micro-credit direct from the man that conceived of it, Banker to the Poor is necessary and inspirational reading for anyone interested in economics, public policy, philanthropy, social history, and business. Muhammad Yunus was born in Bangladesh and earned his Ph. D. in economics in the United States at Vanderbilt University, where he was deeply influenced by the civil rights movement. He still lives in Bangladesh, and travels widely around the world on behalf of Grameen Bank and the concept of micro-credit."--Publisher's website."@en
  • "Beschrijving van een vorm van kredietverlening aan arme groepen in de Derde Wereld."
  • "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."@en
  • "The founder of the Grameen Bank relates how he developed the system of micro-credit to help eradicate poverty in countries such as Bangladesh by providing financial education and small loans to rural families."
  • "The founder of the Grameen Bank relates how he developed the system of micro-credit to help eradicate poverty in countries such as Bangladesh by providing financial education and small loans to rural families."@en

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  • "Biografieën (vorm)"
  • "Biographie"
  • "Livres électroniques"
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  • "Vañcitonā vāṇotara : Grāmīṇa Beṅkanā sthāpaka Muhammada Yunusanī ātmakathā"
  • "Bankier voor de armen"
  • "Banker to the poor : the autobiography of Muhammas Yunus, founder of the Grameen bank"@en
  • "Banker to the Poor"
  • "Banker to the poor : the story of the Grameen Bank"
  • "Banker to the Poor : The Autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, Founder of the Grameen Bank"
  • "El banquero de los pobres los microcreditos y la batalla contra la pobreza en el mundo"@es
  • "Bankier ubogich : historia mikrokredytu"@pl
  • "Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty"@en
  • "Banker to the poor : The autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank"
  • "Bankier voor de armen : de autobiografie van de winnaar van de Nobelprijs voor de Vrede"
  • "El banquero de los pobres : los microcreditos y la batalla contra la pobreza en el mundo"
  • "Banker to the poor"
  • "Banker to the poor : micro-lending and the battle against world poverty"
  • "Banker to the poor : micro-lending and the battle against world poverty"@en
  • "Banker to the poor micro-lending and the battle against world poverty"@en
  • "Banker to the poor micro-lending and the battle against world poverty"
  • "Banker to the Poor The Story of the Grameen Bank"@en
  • "Banker to the poor the autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank"@en
  • "Banker to the Poor the Story of the Grameen Bank"@en
  • "Banker To The Poor"
  • "Bankier voor de armen : naar een wereld zonder armoe"
  • "El banquero de los pobres : los microcréditos y la batalla contra la pobreza del mundo"
  • "Vañcitonā vāṇotara"
  • "El Banquero de los pobres : los microcréditos y la batalla contra la pobreza en el mundo"
  • "Banker to the poor [micro-lending and the battle against world poverty]"
  • "Banker to the poor : the autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank"@en
  • "Banker to the poor : the autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank"
  • "Banker to the poor : Micro-lending and the battle against world poverty"
  • "Bêṅka garibankya dārāta = Banker to the poor"
  • "Banker to the poor : the autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank"@en
  • "Banker to the poor : the autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank"
  • "Banker to the poor : the autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank : [the story of the Grameen Bank]"
  • "Il banchiere dei poveri"@it
  • "Il banchiere dei poveri"
  • "Banker to the Poor: The Autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank"
  • "Banker to the poor : the autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank ; [the story of the Grameen Bank]"
  • "Banker to the poor : the autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, the founder of the Grameen bank"@en
  • "El banquero de los pobres : los microcréditos y la batalla contra la pobreza en el mundo"@es
  • "El banquero de los pobres : los microcréditos y la batalla contra la pobreza en el mundo"
  • "Gharebhau ka bainker"
  • "Banker to the Poor : micro-lending and the battle against world poverty"
  • "Banker to the poor the autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank"@en

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