Daily Archives | Grameen Bank
Grameen Arrives to Scotland
March 23rd, 2012
READ MOREMuhammad Yunus, the creator of modern microfinance in India and Bangladesh, is planning to establish the first European branch of Grameen Bank. In an interview with The Scotsman he mentioned his plans to raise one million pounds to finance the …
One-Million Guarantee to Peruvian MFI
March 22nd, 2012
READ MOREThe United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Grameen Foundation (the American branch of Grameen Bank) has issued a one million dollar joint guarantee to support Proempresa, a Peruvian microfinance institution. Established in 1997 and based in Lima, …
The Grameen Family
February 13th, 2012
READ MOREFor most of us Grameen is only a bank established by Dr. Muhammad Yunus who created the modern version of microfinance in Bangladesh. It is amazing to discover that Grameen is a family of institutions. Most of them are not-for-profit …
Bonsai People: The Vision of Yunus
February 9th, 2012
READ MOREThe documentary Bonsai People: The Vision of Dr. Muhammad Yunus will be screened in Los Angeles and New York in the next days. Directed by independent filmmaker Holly Mosher and originally released in 2010 the 79 minutes film examines Yunus’ …
Grameen Under Attack
February 2nd, 2012
READ MOREIn May 2011, as we reported in our blog kandeofund.com, Dr. Muhammad Yunus was dismissed of his job as boss of Grameen Bank for political reasons. Yunus asserted that the movement was only a power grab orchestrated by the government …
Yunus to Seek Court Review of his Removal
January 6th, 2012
READ MOREAs our readers know Doctor Muhammad Yunus, the father of modern microcredit, was removed from his position as managing director of Grameen Bank arguing that his appointment in 1999 without central bank approval was invalid. The authorities considered also that …
Yunus Centre Opens in Turkey
December 19th, 2011
READ MOREDr. Muhammad Yunus, the creator of modern microfinance scheme, keeps working after his dismissal from Grameen Bank. Turkey has recently launched the “Muhammad Yunus International Centre for Microfinance and Social Businesses” at the Okan University in Istanbul. Its main goal …
The Next Generation of Giving
November 14th, 2011
READ MORESocial Entrepreneurship is becoming increasingly important across the world as one of the most challenging business and philanthropy models for the future. Melissa Steffan writer in The Washington Post considers that the examples of social entrepreneurship are not confined to …
Microfinance Grows Up
October 24th, 2011
READ MOREThe next month more than 2,000 international delegates will gather in Valladolid, Spain, to celebrate the Global Microcredit Summit. Sam Daley- Harris, co-founder of the Microcredit Summit Campaign, aimed to help 175 million poorest families through microloans, considers that the …
India: Mayor players / Micro loans
October 21st, 2011
READ MORE“Contrast” is the appropriate word to define the contemporary perspectives of microfinance’s future. Yesterday we have read a note about several investors that have looked a way out of the microfinance business in India. But today The Business Standard reports …