Yunus Centre

Sep 01, 2010

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, the founder of the Grameen Bank, thinks capitalism with a conscience might be the answer to some of Haiti's ills.

BY JIM WYSS
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The father of microlending, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, is hoping to midwife another idea -- this one aimed at pulling Haiti out of the rubble.

Yunus was in Miami on Monday to promote the concept of building a ``social business fund'' that will invest in companies that are using the tools of the boardroom to tackle social problems in Haiti.

Speaking at Miami Dade College, Yunus said the idea is already showing success in his native Bangladesh.

One of his flagship social businesses is Grameen Danone Foods, a joint venture between Yunus' Grameen Bank and food conglomerate Danone. In that case, the multinational company agreed to make a special yogurt for Bangladesh that includes micronutrients lacking in the local diet. Two cups of the yogurt per week for one year can reverse the malnutrition that plagues about half of all children, Yunus said.

Professor Yunus at Togu Palace of Japan with the Imperial couple

Aug 29, 2010

(From Left to Right) His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and Her Imperial Highness Princess Masako of Japan seen together at the Togu Palace on July 20, 2010. The Imperial couple received Professor Yunus at the palace and discussed Professor Yunus's concept of social business and its potential role in solving some of society's most pressing problems.

Nobel winning banker to speak on campus of West Georgia

Aug 27, 2010

By Neighbor Staff

Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi banker and economist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, will lecture at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, at the University of West Georgia’s Townsend Center for the Performing Arts in Carrollton

The presentation, free and open to the public, will conclude with Yunus signing copies of his book, “Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs,” available for $25.

Yunus is known throughout the world as the “father of microcredit” for developing the system that extends small loans to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. Yunus discovered that such loans could make significant differences to impoverished people trying to start a business. His first loan was $27 from his own pocket.

Chinese Minister Discusses Social Business With Professor Yunus

Aug 23, 2010

(From Left to Right) Madame Wang Ping, Founder and Chairperson of YouChange, Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank, H.E. Mr. Fan Xiaojian, Chinese Minister of the State Council Leading Group Office Of Poverty Alleviation and Development and Mr. Wu Zhong, Director General of IPRCC, China seen with the borrowers of Grameen Bank, after a long discussion with them at its Joymontop Singair branch in Kitingchar last Saturday.

Dhaka, 23rd August, 2010:

Mr. Fan Xiaojian, Chinese Minister of the State Council Leading Group Office Of Poverty Alleviation and Development arrived on a week-long visit to Dhaka on August 21, leading a 10 member delegation on behalf of Poverty Reduction Centre in China (IPRCC). Minister Fan is in charge of a US $20 billion budget directed towards poverty alleviation in China. The delegation visited Grameen Bank's Joymondop Singair branch on Sunday, 21st August to learn more on the practical sides and its implementation process. Professor Yunus accompanied the delegation to the field. Later the delegation had a three-hour long discussion with Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus in his office in Grameen Bank. During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on poverty reduction and social businesses for development.

Grameen Bank Founder to Visit Atlanta

Aug 22, 2010

Phil Bolton, Atlanta

Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in microfinance, is to be in Georgia this week promoting his most recent book about a “new kind of capitalism.”

Dr. Yunus is to speak at Agnes Scott College’s Presser Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 25, at 8:15 p.m. as part of the AJC Decatur Book Festival.

On Thursday, he is to speak at 5 p.m. in LeCraw Auditorium at the Georgia Tech College of Management, Technology Square.

On Friday, he will be speaking at the Atlanta University Center at 11:30 a.m. and at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton at 3 p.m.