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Muhammad Yunus

Type: Person

Name: Muhammad Yunus (Muhammod Iunus)

Organization: Grameen Bank

Date of Birth: 28/06/1940

Place of Birth: Chittagong

Nationality: Bangladesh

Fact Sheet: Biography for Muhammad Yunus

First Reported 12 mins ago - Updated 12 mins ago - 1 Documents

The Microfinance Crisis

By Dr. Peter Wolff * IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BONN (IDN) - Microfinance has in recent years evolved into a popular instrument of poverty reduction. At the latest since the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank in ... [Published 12 mins ago by IDN Global News]

Entities: Microfinance, Crisis, Peter Wolff

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

Hamid Karzai

List of remaining cabinet picks soon

Pajhwok03/04/2010By Zubair Babakarkhel KABUL - President Hamid Karzai has promised to unveil the list of his remaining 11 cabinet ministers to the lawmakers soon for a vote of confidence, his spokesman said on Tuesday.Speaking at a press conference in ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by e-Ariana]

Entities: Hamid Karzai, Yunus Qanuni, Kabul

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

International Security Assistance Force

Explosion kills 2 NATO soldiers in E. Afghanistan

Explosion kills two soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province on Tuesday, a press release of the alliance received Wednesday said.The incident, according to the press release occurred ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by People's Daily Online]

Entities: International Security Assistance Force, NATO, Afghanistan

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

Grameen Bank

The magic bullet: empower woman

Tim Costello said: When you make a loan to a woman you know 90 per cent of the money will go to children. With men, less than 40 per cent goes to the kids. Women who cant even write are putting their finger print down to get their first loan. You should ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by Sydney Morning Herald]

Entities: Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Human Rights, Education

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

Muhammad Yunus

Nothing counts for something

Muhammad Yunus in Melbourne. Picture: Jon Hargest Source: Herald Sun NOBEL Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus ignored all the rules of conventional banking when he set up micro lender Grameen Bank. "The richer you are the more attractive you are to a conventional ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by Herald Sun]

Entities: Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Melbourne

First Reported Mar 08 2010 - Updated Mar 09 2010 - 2 Documents

Vikram Akula

SKS Microfinance To File For IPO In 3-4 Weeks

SKS Microfinance, an Indian firm that makes small loans to poor borrowers, plans to file application papers for an IPO in 3-4 weeks, three sources with knowledge of the deal said. The exact size and structure of the fundraising was not yet determined, ... [Published Mar 09 2010 by VCCircle Feeds]

Entities: SKS Microfinance, IPO, Vikram Akula, Microfinance

First Reported Mar 08 2010 - Updated Mar 08 2010 - 2 Documents

Oil Search Ltd

Business leaders should help the poor: Yunus

The global financial crisis has created more opportunities for Australian companies to take part in social business projects, Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus says.Professor Yunus told business leaders in Sydney on Monday about the concept of 'social ... [Published Mar 08 2010 by Business Spectator]

Entities: Muhammad Yunus, Financial Crisis, Grameen Bank, Oil Search Ltd, Mark Ingram

First Reported Mar 07 2010 - Updated Mar 07 2010 - 2 Documents

Helping the poor with microfinance

ANDY Penn, who runs one of Australia's biggest insurance and wealth-management companies, can see the financial sense in lending $100 to someone who earns just $2 a day.The money could help start up a tea shop in India, provide yarn for a sewing business ... [Published Mar 07 2010 by NEWS.com.au]

Entities: Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, AXA SA, Australia

First Reported Feb 27 2010 - Updated Feb 27 2010 - 1 Documents

Magic on the ice

ANN MARIE HOURIHANE TV REVIEW: Winter Olympics BBC2, all week, Roy RTÉ 2, Monday, Fiorscéal TG4, Thursday, On Expenses BBC Four, Tuesday Clare Balding is not the only impressive thing about the Winter Olympics, which have proved surprisingly emotional. ... [Published Feb 27 2010 by Irish Times]

Entities: Scott Moir, Tessa Virtue, Mao Asada, Kim Yu-na

First Reported Feb 24 2010 - Updated Feb 24 2010 - 1 Documents

UN praises Latinamerican social policies to confront global crisis

The United Nations development agency stressed the need for good social policies to help Latin America deal with the impact of the global economic crisis, which threatens to undo the progress achieved in the region in fighting poverty and other socio-economic ... [Published Feb 24 2010 by Merco Press]

Entities: United Nations, Crisis, Muhammad Yunus, United Nations Development Programme, Helen Clark

First Reported Feb 23 2010 - Updated Feb 23 2010 - 2 Documents

The Challenges of Year Two

My second-year business school classes and my life are punctuated by a field study requirement, the Applied Management Research (AMR) project that every student in the full-time program must complete. This requirement is a 20-week consulting project performed ... [Published Feb 23 2010 by Yahoo! News]

Entities: Los Angeles Uni Sch Dist, Muhammad Yunus, Interned

First Reported Feb 23 2010 - Updated Feb 23 2010 - 1 Documents

Enterprise to end third world poverty

WHO creates wealth in poor communities? Not government spending. Not typical development aid, which focuses on critical areas of need such as clean water and education. Local entrepreneurs create wealth, and there is a growing movement of 'social businesses' ... [Published Feb 23 2010 by The Australian]

Entities: Muhammad Yunus, Kenya, Entrepreneur, Microfinance, World Vision International

More Content

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The Microfinance Crisis [IDN Global News - 12 mins ago]
Microfinance, Mega Impact [Harvard Business - 6 hours ago]
3-day conference begins today: Micro financing ... [New Nation - Mar 15 2010]
Jim Luce: C.E.O. Brooke Partridge Helps Lead Te... [Huffington Post - Mar 15 2010]
Pakistan taking steps for women's empowerment: ... [The News International - Mar 13 2010]
Bangladesh puts experts on the web [BBC - Mar 12 2010]
List of remaining cabinet picks soon [e-Ariana - Mar 10 2010]
Explosion kills 2 NATO soldiers in E. Afghanistan [People's Daily Online - Mar 10 2010]
The magic bullet: empower woman [Sydney Morning Herald - Mar 10 2010]
Nothing counts for something [Herald Sun - Mar 10 2010]
Stone for David Jones board [The Australian - Mar 09 2010]
High hopes for sales, profits [The Australian - Mar 08 2010]
UPDATE 1-SKS Microfinance to file for IPO in 3-... [Reuters UK - Mar 08 2010]
Transpacific facing class action [The Australian - Mar 08 2010]
Arab Bank sponsors One Young World Summit [MENAFN - Mar 08 2010]
Business leaders should help the poor: Yunus [Business Spectator - Mar 08 2010]
Business leaders urged to help the poor [Yahoo! News Australia - Mar 08 2010]
AGFUND opens banks for the poor in Arab World [Al Arabiya - Mar 08 2010]
Micro-loan laureate meets Australian business l... [ABC Online - Mar 08 2010]
Helping the poor with microfinance [NEWS.com.au - Mar 07 2010]
Women achievers [Deccan Chronicle - Mar 07 2010]
Salarzai tribe accuses Jamaat Islami leader of ... [Business Recorder - Mar 07 2010]
Helping the poor makes sense [Herald Sun - Mar 07 2010]
Help is on the way [Irish Times - Mar 06 2010]
In Bangladesh, things are hotting up [WA Today.com.au - Mar 05 2010]
(OTCBB: WKLI) to Tap the 73 Million "Unban... [TradingMarkets - Mar 04 2010]
Bangladesh arrest underlines continued jihadist... [The Hindu - Mar 02 2010]
Magic on the ice [Irish Times - Feb 27 2010]
'Vive des entrepreneurs sociaux !' by Malenn Oo... [AllAfrica.com - Feb 26 2010]
Muslim Engagement in the 21st Century [America.gov - Feb 26 2010]

Blogs

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SKS Microfinance To File For IPO In 3-4 Weeks [VCCircle Feeds - Mar 09 2010] SKS Microfinance, an Indian firm that makes small loans to poor borrowers, plans to file application papers for an IPO in 3-4 weeks, three sources with knowledge ...
Bob Harris' trip to the Peruvian Andes [Boing Boing - Mar 05 2010] As part of his research for a book he's writing on microfinance, Bob Harris took a trip through the Peruvian Andes, including Cusco, Lake Titicaca, Machu ...
Tony Greenberg: Trust Us? Define Trust For Soci... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Feb 22 2010] It may be the most overused, least appreciated, most haphazardly defined word in modern life. Yet, it makes online commerce possible, discussion groups ...
Kari Stoever: Investing in Haitian Women: A Han... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Feb 16 2010] During my trip to Haiti in 2007, I was struck by the proliferation of NGOs and international aid agencies throughout the country. I later came to learn ...
Marian Salzman: Social Media Emerges as Communi... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Feb 11 2010] The inaugural One Young World summit that concluded on Wednesday in London wasn't just a gathering of hundreds of tomorrow's world leaders. Don't get me ...