Deseret News editorialWorld poverty won't be solved by grand schemes or government programs. As the worldwide microcredit movement has demonstrated, it will be solved one person at a time.Incredibly, that approach has now reached more than 100 million individuals, which...
It was different from the usual report on Bangladesh in German dailies.The sporadic reporting on Bangladesh here is virtually confined to something "dramatic" only, usually a disaster, natural or man made.The recent overwhelming vote for democracy and rejection of the r...
Can Malaysian banks know their customers without relying on the 'bad debtors' database system? The answer is 'yes'. One only has to study the efforts made by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi economist and his Grameen Bank.The Grameen Bank has rev...
By: Lee Brodie  CNBC InterviewTopics: Stock Market | Stock PicksAfter a year in which we saw capitalism do so much bad we forget the power of free markets can do so much good. However, one man didn't forget. In fact, he embodies that vision. His name, Muhammad Yu...
By Larry Donohue The Seattle Times Only about half of U.S. development assistance is primarily for the purpose of reducing poverty. Use establishments benchmarks to reform foreign aid by focusing on the poorest, setting targets based on measurable goals and monitoring r...
Microcredit: Economic successThere's another economic story besides the crash-down effects of policies relying on superwealth, greed and speculation. It's the success of the microcredit system.Once written off by banks, many of the world's poorest people now have a cred...
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...
