We Can Actually Make It HappenMuhammad YunusDelivered at the Commonwealth Institute, London Courtesy: Grameen InfoI am very honoured to have been invited to give the Commonwealth Lecture 2003. This is a great privilege for me. I would like to take advantage of this occa...
Each of You has the Power to Change the WorldMuhammad Yunus Good Morning:It as a very special privilege for me to speak at the commencement ceremony of this prestigious institution.
What a wonderful feeling to be here today. To be with all of you, some of the b...
Oslo, NorwayNobel lecture presented by Prof Muhammad Yunus at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Honorable Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. Oslo, NorwayYour Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses,...
Romanes Lecture at Oxford University
Vice Chancellor Dr John Hood, members of the faculty, students, distinguished ladies and gentlemen:I am very honored to be invited to deliver the Romanes Lecture at the world famous Sheldonian Theater at Oxford. It is indeed a pri...
Distinguished Principal, distinguished members of the faculty of Glasgow University, students, distinguished ladies and gentlemen: I am very honored to be invited to deliver the Adam Smith lecture here at Glasgow University. It is an honor and a privilege for me...
Vancouver SunIt's a shop-worn cliché at best -- the white man trekking off to distant corners of the world to enlighten or enrich. The rich world's better aid and development agencies well know the best help is often to be found far from head office, and the best ide...
Christian Science Monitor, Edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0215/p09s01-coop.html
We need 'social business' to couple the human heart to the capitalist system.
Bill Gates caused a stir in Davos last month with his call for "creative capitalism." He pointed...
New York TimesIN the summer of 2005, Miles Gilburne and Nina Zolt had long talks over dinner in their Washington home about what to do next. For more than six years, Mr. Gilburne, a former AOL executive, and his wife, Ms. Zolt, a former lawyer, had supported a philanthr...
The Bangladeshi Nobel laureate wins yet another award - this time for contributions to technology.He talks to Fortune about where tech might take the poor. NEW YORK (Fortune) -- "Technology is making more changes in our way of life than ever in human history," says Muha...
New York TimesMexicoCarlos Danel and Carlos Labarthe turned a nonprofit that lent money to Mexico's poor into one of the country's most profitable banks. But not all of their colleagues in the world of microlending — so named for the tiny loans it grants —...
