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Muhammad Yunus
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Jump to: navigation, search Muhammad Yunus | Microcredit | Muhammad Yunus at World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 25 January 2012 | Born | 28 June 1940 (age 72)
Chittagong, Bangladesh (then part of the British Raj) | Nationality | Bangladeshi | Institution | Chittagong University
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Middle Tennessee State University Glasgow Caledonian University | Field | Microcredit theory, development economics | Alma mater | University of Dhaka
Vanderbilt University | Contributions | Grameen Bank
Microcredit | Awards | Independence Day Award (1987)
World Food Prize (1994)
Nobel Peace Prize (2006)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009)
Congressional Gold Medal (2010)
Aga Khan Award for Architecture | Information at IDEAS/RePEc |
Muhammad Yunus (Chittagonian, Bengali: মুহাম্মদ ইউনুস, translit. Muhammôd Iunus; born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. He previously was a professor of economics where he developed the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. In 2006 Yunus and Grameen received the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below".[1] Yunus himself has received several other national and international honors.
In 2012, he was installed Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland, serving in this capacity as the university 's titular head.[2][3] He is also a member of advisory board at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. Previously, he was a professor of economics at Chittagong University where he developed the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. He is the author of Banker to the Poor and two books on Social Business Models,
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search Muhammad Yunus | Microcredit | Muhammad Yunus at World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 25 January 2012 | Born | 28 June 1940 (age 72)
Chittagong, Bangladesh (then part of the British Raj) | Nationality | Bangladeshi | Institution | Chittagong University
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Middle Tennessee State University Glasgow Caledonian University | Field | Microcredit theory, development economics | Alma mater | University of Dhaka
Vanderbilt University | Contributions | Grameen Bank
Microcredit | Awards | Independence Day Award (1987)
World Food Prize (1994)
Nobel Peace Prize (2006)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009)
Congressional Gold Medal (2010)
Aga Khan Award for Architecture | Information at IDEAS/RePEc |
Muhammad Yunus (Chittagonian, Bengali: মুহাম্মদ ইউনুস, translit. Muhammôd Iunus; born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. He previously was a professor of economics where he developed the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. In 2006 Yunus and Grameen received the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below".[1] Yunus himself has received several other national and international honors.
In 2012, he was installed Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland, serving in this capacity as the university 's titular head.[2][3] He is also a member of advisory board at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. Previously, he was a professor of economics at Chittagong University where he developed the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. He is the author of Banker to the Poor and two books on Social Business Models,
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