Banker to the poor : the autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank /
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| Corporate author / creator: | Yunus, Muhammad, 1940- |
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| Imprint: | London : Aurum Press, 1998. |
| Description: | 313 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3618327 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / H.R.H. The Prince of Wales
- Pt. I. Beginnings 1940-76. 1. Jobra Village: from Textbook to Reality. 2. The World Bank, Washington, DC, November 1993. 3. 20 Boxirhat Road, Chittagong. 4. Through the Viewfinder: Boyhood Passions. 5. Campus Years in the US, 1965-72. 6. Marriage and the War of Liberation, 1967-71. 7. Chittagong University, 1972-74. 8. Farming: the Three-Share Farm Experiment, 1974-76. 9. Banking: Climbing the Prison Walls of Collateral, 1976
- Pt. II. Experimental Phase 1976-78. 10. Why Lend to Women rather than to Men? 11. Reaching Women Borrowers. 12. Women Bank Workers. 13. The Delivery System: the Mechanics of Joining. 14. The Repayment Mechanism: the World Upside Down. 15. A Comparison with Conventional Banks. 16. Grameen as an Experimental Branch of the Agricultural Bank, 1977-79. 17. Eid-Ul Fitr, 1977
- Pt. III. Creation 1978-90. 18. Taking our Time at the Start, 1979-83. 19. Against the Mind-Set. 20. Natural Disasters: Our Other Enemies. 21. Training Grameen Staff. 22. Birth of Grameen as a Separate Corporate Entity, 1982-83. 23. Full Independence of the Bank, 1985-90
- Pt. IV. Replicating the Grameen Principle. 24. International Replications. 25. The US Urban Experience. 26. The US Rural Experience
- Pt. V. Philosophy. 27. Discovering Economics: the Social Consciousness-Driven Free Market. 28. Self-Employment. 29. What Role for Educating and Training the Poor? 30. On the Population Problem. 31. Poverty: the Missing Issue in Economics
- Pt. VI. New Horizons 1990-97. 32. The Housing Loans: a Great Success Story. 33. Health and Retirement. 34. Grameen Check: Weavers are Back in Fashion. 35. Grameen Fisheries Foundation. 36. GrameenPhone: Technology for the Poor. 37. The Grameen Trust: the People's Fund
- Pt. VII. A New World. 38. A World That Will Assist the Poorest. 39. World Micro-Credit Summit: to Reach 100 million by the Year 2005. 40. A Poverty-Free World: How and When? 41. What Would it be Like? App. I. A Look at the Balance Sheet
- App. II. Analysis of Some of the Most Popular Grameen Loans
- App. III. The Grameen Family of Companies
- How to Contact the Grameen Bank.