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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. These loans are given to entrepreneurs that are too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. Yunus and the Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social ...
The Nobel Peace Prize 2006 was awarded jointly to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below"
4 days ago · Muhammad Yunus (born June 28, 1940, Chittagong, East Bengal [now Bangladesh]) is a 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 Peace.. After teaching economics at Chittagong University from 1961 to 1965, Yunus won a Fulbright scholarship.He studied and ...
Jun 27, 2022 · Muhammad Yunus: A professor of economics that won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his efforts in developing social and economic improvements through microcredit operations. Most notably, Yunus ...
Muhammad Yunus delivered his Nobel Lecture on 10 December 2006 at the Oslo City Hall, Norway. He was introduced by Professor Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Muhammad Yunus The Nobel Peace Prize 2006 . Born: 28 June 1940, Chittagong, British India (now Bangladesh) Residence at the time of the award: Bangladesh
Dec 2, 2010 · Muhammad Yunus is often referred to as "the world's banker to the poor". His life's work has been to prove that the poor are credit-worthy and he received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2006.
Feb 27, 2008 · Business Visionariesby David A. AndelmanMuhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 along with his Grameen Bank for pioneering the concept of micro-finance in his native Bangladesh--a financial model that has now spread across much of the Third World and intrigued large segments of the business communities of the developed world as well.In this interview with Forbes.com Executive.....
Jan 1, 2024 · A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country's labour laws. Prof Yunus' supporters say the case is politically motivated ...
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 concept and practice of social business.
