Professor Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank, which he founded, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 “for their efforts to create economic and social development from below.” Since then, ...

Even in the area of social business — a concept devised by Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank — women can be victimized by powerful interests. In 1997, Grameen and Telenor Norway, one of the ...

To change the world once is remarkable. A second attempt invites deification. But Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank and pioneer of microcredit, has embarked on yet another crusade: to foster ...

Grameen Bank was founded by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. He served as the bank’s managing director until 2011, when the Awami League government forced his resignation, citing his age as ...

So who is Muhammad Yunus? An international celebrity ... For their efforts toward eradicating poverty, Yunus and the Grameen Bank were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.

Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh's interim government, criticised the previous administration's allegedly fake economic ...

Microfinance began in 1974 when Muhammad Yunus started Grameen Bank in Bangladesh to make business loans available to the poorest of the poor. Some of the loans were in the range of $10 to $50.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has been chosen ... The Nobel Peace Prize committee credited Yunus and his Grameen Bank “for their efforts to create economic ...

Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus today sought a review of an apex court verdict that unseated him earlier this year from his position as the chief of the Grameen Bank, the pioneering ...