All posts tagged "Grameen Bank"
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1.9KBusinessSmall Change – Big Deal : Money as If People Mattered
Small Change, Big Deal By Jennifer Kavanagh Small Change Big Deal – Book Description : Across the world, small groups of people...
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1.8KMicrofinanceThe Resignation of Muhammad Yunus
Statement from Alex Counts, President and CEO of Grameen Foundation, on the resignation of microfinance pioneer Professor Muhammad Yunus, winner of the...
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1.1KMicrofinance News DigestAP Government to neutralize new MFI Products – ND3
This is the third installment of weekly News Digest 3 (ND3) that we had announced previously. The News Digest comprises of news...
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1.3KMicrofinanceGrameen Bank responds to allegations in Caught in Micro Debt Documentary
Filmmaker Gayle Ferraro takes a trip to Jobra, Bangladesh, to seek what really happened to Sophia Begum, the famous bamboo stool maker...
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1.5KMicrofinanceDr Muhammad Yunus gets bail in falsely implicated case
Grameen Bank founder Dr Muhammad Yunus has been granted bail in a court case filed by the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) alleging...
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1.3K1Microfinance News DigestMalegam Committee to cap Interest Rates – Spandana Microfinance facing Bankruptcy ?
The Malegam committee, set up by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to chalk out a framework within which microfinance institutions (MFIs)...
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2.4K1MicrofinanceCaught in Micro debt – New Documentary on Microfinance reveals secret documents of Grameen Bank
On Tuesday the 30th Novermber 2011 at 9:30pm, the world premiere of a documentary film on Microfinance titled Caught in Micro debt will be...
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1.4KMicrofinanceMicrofinance Backlash spreads from AP to Bangladesh
Microlending Backlash Spreads to Bangladesh Backlash against the booming microfinance industry that has thrown Andhra Pradesh into crisis may be spreading to...
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1.9KMicrofinanceWhat's wrong with Microfinance Institutions in India ?
By Rajan Alexander The views expressed in the below article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views...
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1.3KMicrofinanceMicrofinance Operations come to a grinding halt in Andhra Pradesh
MFI activities in AP come to a halt The activities of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Andhra Pradesh have come to a grinding...
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1.0K1MicrofinanceMuhammad Yunus wins the 2010 SolarWorld Einstein Award
SolarWorld is to present the 2010 SolarWorld Einstein Award to Nobel Peace Prize laureate and micro-finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus in September. The...
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1.4KMicrofinanceGrameen Bank forms JV with Fast Retailing in Bangladesh
Japan based Fast Retailing Co Ltd announced that it will establish a new wholly-owned subsidiary in September 2010 to launch a social...
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1.0KMicrofinanceGrameen Trust and Fundacion Carlos Slim Launch the $45 Million Grameen Carso Microfinance Program
The mission of Grameen Carso is to significantly increase access to affordable micro-credit in Mexico for poverty alleviation through the Grameen Bank...
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Alibaba Group and Grameen Trust join to create Grameen China Microfinance
Grameen Trust of Bangladesh and Alibaba Group have joined hands to create the Grameen China initiative, an effort to provide micro-credit financial...
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Interview with Muhammed Yunus about the Education Sector
Having shaken up the conventions of banking by arguing that credit is a fundamental right to help the poor in his native...
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Assam off Grameen Bank list – Manpower crunch stalled project, says official
Guwahati, June 8: Assam — which was supposed to be the stepping stone for the Indian operations of Grameen Bank on the...
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Muhammad Yunus speaks about the financial crisis
Yunus calls the current economic crisis “good” and “exciting” because it gives us an opportunity to create a “new normalcy.” He says...
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1.3KMicrofinance InterviewsInterview with Mohammed Yunnus, Grameen Bank Founder on the Economic Crisis
INTERVIEW/ Muhammad Yunus: Selfless side of humans can overcome crisisDHAKA–A new business model that puts top priority on contributions to society instead...
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Md. Yunus on Financial Crisis
A Nobel Prize-winning academic turned micro-finance banker for the poor has important advice for Washington. Muhammad Yunus believes that the government bailout...
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Microfinance unscathed by financial crisis: Yunus
ENEVA (AFP) — The financial crisis has not hit the microfinance system, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus said Thursday, as he...
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Muhammad Yunus in Bangalore to study health sector
Bangalore August 19, 2008: The Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus who was awarded the Nobel prize for his contributions in the field of...