Muhammad Yunus
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 @
8:00 PM, Arlington Theatre 1317 State Street,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 FREE
Creating a World Without Poverty – Social Business and the Future of
Capitalism
“I only wish every nation shared Dr. Yunus’s and the Grameen Bank’s
appreciation of the vital role that… women play in the economic, social,
and political life of our societies.” – Hillary Rodham Clinton
Revolutionary economist Muhammad Yunus’s new book Creating a World
Without Poverty outlines his vision for an original business model
that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane
world – and tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this
work today. Yunus is the founder of Grameen Bank, a pioneer of
microcredit – an economic movement that has helped lift millions of
families around the word out of poverty – and the author of Banker to
the Poor: Micro-lending and the Battle Against World Poverty.
Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Generously supported by an anonymous donor.
Presented as part of the “Alleviating Global Poverty Event
Series.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus
Muhammad Yunus
(Bengali
: , pronounced Muhammôd Iunus) (born
June 28,
1940) is a
Bangladeshi
banker and
economist. He
previously was a
professor of
economics and
is famous for his successful application of
microcredit;
the extension of small
loans. These loans
are given to
entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional
bank loans. Yunus
is also the founder of
Grameen
Bank. In 2006, Yunus and the bank were jointly awarded the
Nobel
Peace Prize, "for their efforts to create economic and social
development from below."[1]
Yunus himself has received several other national and international
honors. He is the author of
Banker
to the Poor and a founding board member of
Grameen
Foundation. In early 2007 Yunus showed interest in launching a
political party in Bangladesh named Nagorik Shakti (Citizen Power), but
later discarded the plan. He is one of the founding members of
Global
Elders.