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Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance.
- Nobel Peace Prize (2006), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009), Congressional Gold Medal (2010)
- Microcredit
- Bangladeshi
Dec 2, 2010 · 2 March 2011. Professor Yunus has earned international recognition for fighting poverty. Muhammad Yunus is often referred to as "the world's banker to the poor". His life's work has been to...
Jan 1, 2024 · 1 January 2024. By Anbarasan Ethirajan,BBC News. EPA. A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country's labour laws. Prof...
Since October 2006, when Professor Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize, local and international interest in Professor Yunus’ work has grown exponentially. To address this ever-growing need, Professor Yunus founded Yunus Centre in July 2008 to promote and disseminate his work and philosophy, especially the ...
Jan 2, 2024 · Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus convicted of violating Bangladesh’s labour laws. Prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has accused 83-year-old of ‘sucking blood’ from poor people. Peter Beaumont and...
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Muhammad Yunus Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit (small loans to poor people possessing no collateral) to help its clients establish creditworthiness and financial self-sufficiency. In 2006 Yunus and Grameen received the Nobel Prize for.
Mar 2, 2024 · Muhammad Yunus, who received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering the use of microcredit to alleviate poverty, was convicted in January of violating Bangladesh’s labor laws and sentenced...
