Business Book Recommendation: “Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty,” by Muhammad Yunus, recommended by Otto Chase of Danta Chase &Co., Everett ...

In 1988, a book by Mahabub Hossain noted that rates of extreme poverty had been lowered to 48% among Grameen participants. That was compared to about 75% among non-participants.

In his recent book, he quotes Oxfam, a highly credible charity that today the five richest persons on earth have more wealth as the bottom fifty percent of the globe’s inhabitants. We begin by ...

From ‘Banker to the Poor’ to ‘Bloodsucker’: The Sorry Saga of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus 11 minute read Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, photographed in his office in ...

A Nobel peace laureate known globally as the “banker to the poor” could be imprisoned in his home country of Bangladesh as he faces a slew of legal charges that he says are politically motivated.

MANILA, Philippines — Bangladeshi banker and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus believes that communities, if given access to capital and the tools of entrepreneurship, can lift themselves out of ...

One man's approach paved the way for others - that of Muhammad Yunus, also known as the 'banker to the poor'. ... economic adviser and author of the book Due Diligence, told Euronews Business.