This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, joins us for an extended interview on microfinance, the ...

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Microfinance aimed to foster prosperity but stoked hardship for those borrowers who took on debt they couldn’t afford.

Jailed Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is celebrated around the world for helping millions of people out of poverty. Jailed Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is ...

Muhammad Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize for providing credit to the destitute. Compelling evidence suggests that his philosophy of microfinance established the foundation for the $5 billion ...

Bangladesh's central bank has fired Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, the celebrated microfinance pioneer who started lending small sums of money at Grameen Bank almost 30 years ago. AFP reports that ...

Kai Ryssdal: There was a big shake-up today in the world of microfinance — the business of giving tiny loans, generally to poor people in developing countries. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner ...