[Scpg] Banker to the Poor Muhammad Yunus Wednesday, January 16, 2008 @ 8:00 PM, Arlington Theatre State St.Santa Barbara FREE

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

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 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus>Yunus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus

Muhammad Yunus 
(<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Bengali_language>Bengali 
: , pronounced Muhammôd Iunus) (born 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/June_28>June 
28, 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/1940>1940) is 
a 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Bangladesh>Bangladeshi 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Bank>banker 
and 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Economist>economist. 
He previously was a 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Professor>professor 
of 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Economics>economics 
and is famous for his successful application of 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Microcredit>microcredit; 
the extension of small 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Loan>loans. 
These loans are given to 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Entrepreneur>entrepreneurs 
too poor to qualify for traditional 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Bank>bank 
loans. Yunus is also the founder of 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Grameen_Bank>Grameen 
Bank. In 2006, Yunus and the bank were jointly 
awarded the 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize>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 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Banker_to_the_Poor>Banker 
to the Poor and a founding board member of 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Grameen_Foundation>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 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Global_Elders>Global Elders.




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