Press ReleaseNobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Charities Organization, Prince Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa inaugurated the Family Bank, a microfinance banklicensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain, at a ce...
GULF Daily News
MORE than 4,000 needy families are set to benefit from a micro finance programme within three years, officials have announced.
The Family Bank, which has come into existence after a pioneering initiative of the Social Development Ministry and Banglad...
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Emily Medina isn't running a pyramid scheme, despite what people often think. As the petite 26-year-old works her way through some of New York City's poorer neighborhoods, she approaches women selling food and trinkets on the street and offers to lend them money t...
To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America/Bangladesh/USA (Director: Gayle Ferraro)—Tapping into the success of Muhammad Yunus after winning the Nobel Peace Prize (2006), Grameen America has opened in Queens, NY replicating the banking model program Yunus...
Social Business and the environment : AfforestationSocial Businesses could also be created to fight against climate change. Social business investors, with a strong environmental commitment, could invest in a company which plants trees, increasing the space under forest...
No, it does not avoid profit. The first aim of social business is to achieve the social objective in a financially sustainable way. It should not give up social objective to make profit beyond sustainability. Making profit without sacrificing social objective is welcome...
Social business is an investment opportunity with "non-monetary returns". Among these returns the most important one is the "gratification" derived from helping others. People who are doing good for society becomes role models for others, particularly young generation. ...
Daily Star- Star Business ReportMartin Hirsch, French high commissioner for active solidarity against poverty, has said the concept of 'social business' should be disseminated worldwide to alleviate poverty. "We have learned lots of things from Bangladesh, which will he...
Big French companies likely to invest: French minister New Age -Diplomatic Correspondent Big French investors are likely to make more investments in social businesses along with other businesses in Bangladesh to enable it to fight poverty as the political situation and ...
