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Yunus One-on-One

NBR Washington Bureu Chief Darren Gersh sits down with Bangladeshi economist Muhammed Yunus to find out how winning the Nobel Peace Prize has impacted his life and his pioneering work in "micro-credit."

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• 08-21-06: Commentary - Rich Man Poor Man
• 06-27-05: China's Century of Change (Part 2) - The Migrant Worker Migration
• 06-16-05: Making the Microcredit Connection

External Links/Articles*

• Grameen Bank
  The Grameen Bank, which Muhammed Yunus founded, "provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh."
• International Year of Microcredit 2005
  The United Nations designated 2005 the International Year of Microcredit. This website was created to promote the International Year of Microcredit and offers articles and informaton about mircrofinance.
• Microfinance: A View from the Fund (PDF document)
  A 2005 report on microfinance prepared by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
• The Nobel Foundation
  Read more about the Nobel Committee's decision to award its biggest prize to Muhammed Yunus and his Grameen Bank.
• The World Bank

The World Bank "helps to improve the safety net systems of developing countries through technical assistance, knowledge dissemination and direct lending." This links to information The World Bank offers about microfinance.

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