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Banker to the poor : micro-lending and the battle against world poverty / Muhammad Yunus with Alan Jolis.

By:

Yunus, Muhammad

Contributor(s):

Jolis, Alan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : PublicAffairs , 1999.Description: 273 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:

1586481983

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

332.1095 YUN

LOC classification:

HG3290.6.A6 Y86 1999

Summary: In 1983, against the advice of banking and government officials, Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with minuscule loans. Grameen Bank, based on the belief that credit is a basic human right, not the privilege of a fortunate few, now provides over 2.5 billion dollars of micro-loans to more than two million families in rural Bangladesh. Around the world, micro-lending programs inspired by Grameen are blossoming, with more than three hundred programs established in the United States alone.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	332.1095 YUN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		039086

Includes index.

In 1983, against the advice of banking and government officials, Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with minuscule loans. Grameen Bank, based on the belief that credit is a basic human right, not the privilege of a fortunate few, now provides over 2.5 billion dollars of micro-loans to more than two million families in rural Bangladesh. Around the world, micro-lending programs inspired by Grameen are blossoming, with more than three hundred programs established in the United States alone.

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