| Description |
370 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Prologue: This Business of Bangles -- Introduction -- Part I - The Idea -- 1. Fairy Tales -- 2. 856 Takas -- 3. Social Collateral -- 4. It Cannot Be Done -- 5. He Found You Under a Tree? -- 6. If You Want to Convince Us -- Part II - The Villagers -- 7. Water Upon Land -- 8. It's All on Trust -- 9. Stirring the Money -- 10. Sabina Yasmin -- 11. The Center Meeting -- 12. It's Their Problem -- 13. Can You Walk Far? -- 14. A Petticoat -- Part III - The Organization -- 15. We Don't Want Windows -- 16. Independence -- 17. A New Culture -- 18. A Natural and Better Fighter -- 19. If a Big Dam Breaks -- 20. This Is Her Factory -- 21. A Conversation -- 22. Peace of Mind -- 23. It Was Like a Fish Market -- 24. Little Checks and Big Checks -- Part IV - The System -- 25. Laying the Foundation -- 26. I'm Not a Woman Anymore -- 27. The Logic of Grameen -- 28. Begum Rokeya -- 29. The Death of Ali Haider -- 30. Don't Think of These Things? -- 31. The Wisdom in Smallness -- 32. Armed with Information -- Part V - The World -- 33. Credit as a Human Right -- 34. How Can You Go On with a Situation Like This? -- 35. An Expensive Way to Transfer Technology -- 36. A Risk Taker -- 37. A Great Strategizer -- 38. An Intensive Care Unit -- 39. Two Cyclones -- 40. If I Had to Become a Businesswoman -- 41. Oirashi's Final House -- Part VI - The Future -- 42. The Golden Boat -- 43. One Thousand Doctors -- 44. The Luck of Manijira -- 45. An Infinite Amount of Work -- 46. She Turned Her Face to the Light -- 47. Struck by Lightning -- 48. The Price of the American Dream -- 49. Sociall Conscious Capitalism -- 50. Everywhere You Look -- Interest -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Afterword -- Index |
| Summary |
Recounts the story of the Grameen Bank, one of the most successful development organizations in the world. Founded by Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh in 1976, the Grameen Bank has extended small loans to more than two million women villages and helped free thousands of from the grip of poverty. ... the Grameen Bank - part laisses-faire and part interventionist -has become an inspiration to policymakers everywhere, conservatives and liberals alike.--back cover |
| Notes |
Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, c1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Grameen Bank.
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Rural poor -- Bangladesh.
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Banks and banking -- Bangladesh.
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Women -- Bangladesh -- Economic conditions.
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| LC no. |
97022604 |
| ISBN |
0226066444 alkaline paper |
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