About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 78. Chapters: Adventure capital, Angkor Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea, Antigonish Movement, Banco Palmas, Bob Pattillo, Bond of association, Comilla Model, CVECA, Fairfield University Dolan School of Business, FIDES Bank Namibia, FinancialAccess@Birth, Financial inclusion, Flat rate (finance), Fondomat, Ford Foundation, Fundacion Pro Vivienda Social, Green microfinance, Joseph E. Hasten, LeapFrog Investments, Legatum, List of microcredit lending websites, Louis Pope, Maria Otero, May Nasr, Microcredit for water supply and sanitation, Microenterprise Access to Banking Services, Microfinance Focus, Microfinance in Tanzania, Microgrant, Microinsurance, Microloan Foundation, MicroPlace, Mifos, Mohammad Shahjahan, Moneylender, Muhammad Yunus, NRSP Microfinance Bank, Octopus Micro Finance Suite, One Nevada Credit Union, Osusu, Pete Power, Pierre Omidyar, Pro Mujer, Rotating Savings and Credit Association, Self-help group (finance), ShoreBank, Solidarity lending, Sponsume, Susu (savings), Susu account, Tahrunessa Abdullah, The Children's Investment Fund Foundation, Vikram Akula, Village banking, Winston Tellis. Excerpt: Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. He previously was a professor of economics where he developed the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. In 2006 Yunus and Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below." Yunus himself has received several other national and international honours. He was awarded the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal in 2010, and was presented with it at a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on 17 April 2013. In 2012, he was installed as Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland, serving in this capacity as the university's titular head. He is also a member of advisory board at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. Previously, he was a professor of economics at Chittagong University in Bangladesh where he developed the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. He is the author of Banker to the Poor and two books on Social Business Models, and a founding board member of Grameen America and Grameen Foundation. Grameen Intel is just one of hundreds of public and private partnerships now mediated Youth & Yunus. In early 2007, Yunus showed interest in launching a political party in Bangladesh named Nagorik Shakti (Citizen Power), but later discarded the plan. He is one of the founding members of Global Elders. Yunus also serves on the board of directors of the United Nations Foundation, a public charity created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner's historic $1 billion gift to support UN causes. The UN Foundation builds and implements public-private partnerships to address the world's most pressing problems, and broadens support for the UN. In March 2011, after months of government attack, the
