The TimeBill Clinton, the former US President, onThursday urged the world's rich to spend more on supporting projects in the developing world even though their own wealth has been hit.Speaking at a session in Davos on philanthropy, Mr Clinton said: "The interdependent w...
Chron.com (Houston Chronicle)Good as goldCopyright 2009 Houston Chronicle Average Americans, struggling to survive in a disintegrating economy, might be forgiven for assuming that people and institutions who lend, manipulate and otherwise handle other people's money...
EditorialPrepare bailout package for the world's poorNOBEL Laureate Muhammad Yunus, alone among all participants at the World Economic Forum in Davos, has spoken of the need for a safety net for the world's poor. His remarks, made against the backdrop of the on-going gl...
The TimesIn these dark economic times, business leaders can put their business nous to public benefit in a way governments never canThe time has come for Britain's leading business people to make a big public display of commitment to the wellbeing of society. So here is...
INQUIRER.netAgence France-PresseDAVOS -- Chinese action star Jet Li teamed up with Tony Blair, Bill Clinton and Bill Gates on Thursday to appeal for people to keep giving to good causes despite the world economic crisis.The "Lethal Weapon 4" and "Shaolin Temple" star, w...
Guardianguardian.co.ukInspire and InnovateMicrofinance is not a new idea, but its model, based on small loads made to groups based on trust, is lifting people out of povertyTo an entrepreneur, lending without collateral is banking anathema, even in times of rude economi...
Interview When he was a child Barack watched his parent committed to freeing the world from poverty.The Nobel Yunus: “Obama is a son of microcreditâ€The “banker to the poor†tells of the same engagement made by the Us president’s mother...
Dhaka, Feb 21 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee arrived here today on a three-day visit to Bangladesh to address the newly elected lawmakers here."I am very happy to be in Dhaka at the invitation of Speaker Abdul Hamid," Chatterjee told reporters after arriving...
The GuardianAs a French multinational and Bangladeshi villagers join forces to help people work their way out of poverty,Liam Black finds a lesson for British business - and banks Liam Black. The GuardianAs a French multinational and Bangladeshi villagers join forces to...
Hambrecht, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, and Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Managing Director of Grameen Bank, signed an agreement in Ludwigshafen to establish a joint venture SOCIAL BUSINESS COMPANY called BASF Grameen Ltd...
