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Bangladesh bank offers loans to US poor
By Daniel Pimlott in New York
Whoa. That will make you do a double take at the back of your national ID card.
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Posted 2008-February-17, 17:55
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Posted 2008-February-18, 04:57
Wasn't it this Bangladesh banker who got the Nobel price in economics a few years back?
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Posted 2008-February-18, 08:32
Yes the Grameen "woman's" bank....small loans (couple of hundred dollars) without collatoral, to allow local businesses and coops to start up. It has re-invigorated the Bangladeshi economy and he did win the Nobel for it.
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Posted 2008-February-18, 13:19
Wasn't in economics, though, it was for Peace.
First person to win it through founding a non-nonprofit company.
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Posted 2008-February-18, 13:21
Mohammad Yunus and the Grameen bank was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Price
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