Tag: Mohammad Yunus

The world has improved since 2000 – but not because we planned it (Think Bonsai)

Oct 5, 2015

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Economic Development, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income

The Globe and Mail: The world has improved since 2000 – but not because we planned it Millennium Development Goals: … … The headline goal, of cutting the proportion of people living in poverty in half, was achieved five years early, in 2010, by which time a billion people had left absolute poverty. And now…
Africa’s banking laws shut out the poor: Yunus

Apr 6, 2010

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mwkruse

in Africa, Economic Development, Economic News, Microenterprise, Poverty

Reuters: Africa's banking laws shut out the poor: Yunus NAIROBI (Reuters) – Lack of microcredit laws in many African countries is denying millions of the continent's poor access to loans, a Nobel Prize winner Mohammad Yunus, said on Tuesday. Yunus, who won a Nobel Prize in 2006 for championing Microcredit, tiny loans to the poor…