Muhammed Yunus
I saw a documentary on this and he has really started a revolution in the way people who normally could not get a loan, can get one through their communities.
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BANKER TO THE POOR PICKS UP NOBEL PEACE PRIZE Muhammed Yunus, a banker from Bangladesh who developed a system to help the poor through small loans, received a Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Sunday. The 66-year-old economist also accepted a cheque worth $1.4 million US from the awards committee chairman, Ole Danbolt Mjoes, in the Norwegian capital. Yunus shares the award with his Grameen Bank, which he founded in 1976. Over the past 30... Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/200...eace-prize.html |
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