Interview with World Forum ChannelInterviewed by :Stephen Covey, author of "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"September 2000.Please click here to watch the video from simulconference.com...
Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank Key-note Address Delivered at the Tech-Transfer 2000 -- North America ConferenceHeld in Atlantic City, U.S.A. on April 28-30, 2000 Size of Bangladesh economy is very small. Size of the population of the country is very big. In the past nobo...
The Denver PostNobel-winning microlender tells young entrepreneurs to put business principles to work for good, not goodsNobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus told a Denver audience Thursday that the idea of making small-business loans to the poor is so simple, he has...
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...
Daily StarNobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, now on a visit to Saudi Arabia, has brushed aside allegations in Saudi media that a large number of Bangladeshis are breaking the law in the kingdom.Any people can turn to crimes anywhere and so it is not fair to single out ...
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 —...
News VOA.com A new type of business is focused on making a difference in society as well as making a profit. Mike O'Sullivan reports, so-called social businesses are linking investors in the industrial world and entrepreneurs in developing countries.Social businesses ar...
by Talal Malik ArabianBusiness.ComNobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is to headline the International Islamic Finance Forum (IIFF) with a full-day session on Sunday 13 April explaining his success in alleviating poverty through microfinance. Yunus will be holding a '...
The Star.com Need can happen here, Nobel Prize-winning microcredit messiah tells business peopleMuhammad Yunus doesn't talk like a typical banker. He believes that access to credit is a fundamental human right.Nicknamed Bangladesh's "banker to the poor" for motivating a...
Yunus sees big answers in microcreditMuhammad Yunus, banker to the poor and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, believes the best way to bring microfinance to the developed world lies in the heart of the banking world - New York City.Bangladesh-based Grameen Bank open...
