Muhammad Yunus

Bangladeshi economist and social entrepreneur, founder of Grameen Bank and pioneer of microcredit and microfinance; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.

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  1. 1. Creating A World Without Poverty

    Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

    Argues that poverty can be eliminated by retooling capitalism to support social businesses that reinvest profits to solve social problems, using microcredit and entrepreneurship to empower the poor; it explains the principles of social business, illustrates them with case studies of small loans and community initiatives, and offers practical policy and institutional recommendations for scaling these models to address health, education, and employment.

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  2. 2. Banker To The Poor

    Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

    A first-hand account of creating a grassroots banking experiment that lends tiny, collateral-free loans to the very poor—mostly women—showing how small amounts of credit, combined with group accountability and local trust, can spur entrepreneurship, lift families out of poverty, and achieve remarkable repayment rates; the narrative traces early experiments, practical lessons, institutional challenges, and the wider social and policy implications of treating banking as a tool for human development rather than profit maximization.

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