The University System of Georgia is to host on Oct. 17 an economic development conference that is to showcase student-initiated business plans addressing social issues facing Georgia communities.
Muhammad Yunus, the acknowledged founder of the "microcredit" concept, is...
Opening remarks to the Banking for International Settlement Conference: Financial inclusion and the regulation of microfinance
By Muhammad Yunus
Financial crises illustrate a fundamental flaw in the way the current financial system is organized. The fin...
By Zasheem Ahmed
The Journal of Social Business: Social Business and New Economics Paradigm. Issue: 2; published by the Centre for Development, Scotland.
Economic analysis is about understanding the workings of the economic system. Many elegant economic theories exist...
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON , 08.13.11, 03:31 AM EDT
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By Jacqui Street
British MEP and chair of the European Parliament's Econ committee Sharon Bowles wants London to be the home of a European stock exchange for companies that aim to fix social problems.
Bowles has met Nobel Peace Prize Winner Mohammad Yunus in Strasbo...
February 4, 2006
By Professor Muhammad Yunus
Happy Birthday to the Daily Star!
This is a great occasion to celebrate. Pages of the Daily Star have documented fifteen years of history Bangladesh history. For Bangladeshis this is a period to be proud of. Fifteen years ...
Social business campaigners and experts from 15 countries joined Prof Muhammad Yunus in Dhaka on Tuesday to mark Social Business Day for the second time, sharing experiences of the fast-spreading movement and seeding the new economic idea among students and young entrep...
Board Meeting in Norway Focuses on New Ways to Help the UN Improve Livelihoods in Africa, Bolster Women's and Children's Health, and Combat Climate Change
Twelve of the world's leading voices for global progress and change are gathering this week for the United Nations...
By Celeste Tholen Rosenlof, Deseret News
Deseret News associate editorial page editor and columnist Jay Evensen has won the Cameron Duncan award and will accept it at a June 19 banquet in Washington, D.C.
The award recognizes a journalist each year who has brought awa...
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus met Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the Presidential Palace in the capital of Brazil, Brasilia, on 25th of May 2011. The meeting lasted for 90 minutes.
During the meeting, Professor Yunus explained how the concept of Social...
