1. Banking on the poor: banker wins Nobel peace prize for loans to poor
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Bangladesh -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects ,Grameen Bank Bhaban -- Officials and employees -- Services -- Achievements and awards ,Bankers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Achievements and awards -- Services -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects ,Bank loans -- Social aspects -- Achievements and awards -- Services -- Economic aspects ,Banking industry -- Officials and employees -- Services -- Achievements and awards -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects ,Nobel laureates -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Achievements and awards -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects ,Banking industry ,News, opinion and commentary - Abstract
DHAKA, Bangladesh--Millionaire banker Muhammad Yunus will never forget the famine that struck Bangladesh in 1974. He was teaching economics at a university near the nation's capital. 'Hungry people were everywhere. [...]
- Published
- 2006