Muhammed yunuss a world of three zeros this book is about dr yunus who thinks that social business is the only solution to fight against a capitalist system. Muhammad yunus was born in 1940 in chittagong, a seaport in bangladesh. Driven to act by the desperate bangladesh famine of 1974, chittagong university economics professor muhammad yunus went to the village of jobra and found his calling. Written by him with karl weber, it is possible to fight against capitalist system by ensuring the achievement of 3 zeros no poverty, no unemployment and no carbon emissions.
In modest prose, yunus tells of undertakings that instill hope. Microlending and the battle against world poverty by yunus, muhammad, yunus, mohammed and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Yunus spends the rest of the book defining what a social business is and what it is not. A book to make wall street quakeif wall street paid attention to the developing world. The new kind of capitalism that serves humanitys most pressing needs, 2010, etc. The new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero net. In a world of three zeros, yunus describes the new civilization emerging from the economic experiments his work has helped to inspire. Muhammad yunus, a social entrepreneur, banker and economist from bangladesh who was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2006 for founding the grameen bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance, will deliver a keynote address at 7 p. He served as ambassador to turkey, indonesia, iraq, and spain. To address this evergrowing need, professor yunus founded yunus centre in july 2008 to promote and disseminate his work and philosophy, especially the concept and practice of social business.
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In this book, professor yunus argues for a new structure, the social business, which is a business that pays no dividends. He went on to study economics at vanderbilt university in nashville, tennessee, achieving his ph. April 12 thursday at the university of notre dame as part of this years notre dame forum. Muhammad yunus books list of books by author muhammad yunus. Muhammad yunus is founder and managing director of the grameen. Yunus is promoting his new book, building social business. May 01, 2008 muhammad yunus, nobel peace prize winner and founder of the grameen bank, speaks about his new book creating a world without poverty. Muhammad yunus s most popular book is banker to the poor. Mohammed yunus, nobel peace prize winner, founder of grameen.
Official page of 2006 nobel peace laureate professor muhammad yunus. Yunus at an opening ceremony of his new book in new york city in 2008 the allegations against muhammad yunus and grameen bank were made in a context where some people began to question the effectiveness of microfinance, prompted by the actions of some forprofit microfinance institutions mfis in india 85 and mexico. Nobel laureate muhammad yunus is presenting ideas that are a cure for the. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that kept many poor women enslaved to highinterest loan sharks in bangladesh, dr. Building social business free summary by muhammad yunus. Yunus at an opening ceremony of his new book in new york city in 2008. Muhammad yunus won a nobel peace prize for spreading the concept of microcredittiny loans to help poor people start businessesvia his bangladeshbased grameen bank. He promoted trade between india and the rest of the world through regular trade fairs and the establishment of exhibition complex at pragati maidan in delhi.
Since october 2006, when professor muhammad yunus and grameen bank jointly received the nobel peace prize, local and international interest in professor yunus work has grown exponentially. Muhammad yunus has 41 books on goodreads with 41890 ratings. The social business model has been adopted by corporations, entrepreneurs, and social activists across the globe. Microlending and the battle against world poverty, and creating a world without poverty. Muhammad yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and, with his grameen bank, won the 2006 nobel peace prize, has developed a new dimension for capitalism which he calls social business. Yunus has invoked a new basis for capitalism whereby social business has the potential to change the failed promise of free market enterprise. Mohammad yunus khan 26 june 1916 17 june 2001 was a member of indian foreign service. Muhammad yunus is known throughout the world as a pioneer of the microcredit concept that uses small loans made at affordable interest rates to transform the lives of impoverished people.
Muhammad yunus, founder of grameen bank and recipient of the 2006 nobel peace prize, joins us for an extended interview on microfinance, the grameen bank, and how five men own more wealth than. Muhammad yunus to release new book a world of three zeros. Social business and the future of capitalism by muhammad yunus and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The owners of the company can get back the amount theyve invested in the company over a period of time, but no profit is paid to investors in the form of dividends. Muhammad yunuss most popular book is banker to the poor. Muhammad yunus has 41 books on goodreads with 41899 ratings. This book tells the story of muhammad yunus efforts in his fight against. Muhammad yunus, a native of bangladesh, is the founder and managing director of grameen bank, a pioneer of microcredit, an economic movement that has helped lift millions of families around the world out of poverty.
The classic description of capitalism, writes bangladeshi economist and nobel peace prize laureate yunus building social business. Accusation of loan sharking and effectiveness of microfinance. His book describes his own theories of microcredit, and he documents how these ideas are being put into practice by entrepreneurs who run. It sells products at prices that make it selfsustaining. Muhammad yunus offers his vision of an emerging new economic system in his new book a world of three zeros. Muhammad yunus simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The new kind of capitalism that serves humanitys most pressing needs this third book by professor muhammad yunus, following banker to the poor and creating a world without poverty, is dedicated solely towards the concept of. The new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero net carbon emissions. In banker to the poor muhammad yunus, the inventor of microloans, tells how a small loan from his own pocket to a painfully poor bangladeshi woman grew into a program and philosophy that has expanded and been adapted around the world in a diversity of societies from southeast asia to chicago. Muhammad yunus releases new book a world of three zeros. Published by the university press limited, dhaka bd, the gorgeous book written by prof yunus with karl weber with over 250 pages priced at taka 395 1 usd 60 bangladeshi. Muhammad yunus, the bangladeshi economist, microfinancing pioneer and founder of the grassroots grameen bank, has not been resting on. The inspirational story of how nobel prize winner muhammad yunus invented microcredit, founded the grameen bank, and transformed the fortunes of millions of poor people around the world. The author and founder, muhammad yunus has a fascinating life story both in setting up grameen and its enterprises, and in his personal and professional life the section on setting up a government in exile for bangladesh whilst an academic in nashville is very well told with the level of passion that marks all he writes. The new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment. Nov 08, 2016 muhammad yunus was born in bangladesh and attended dhaka university, where he was awarded a fulbright scholarship. He propounds the idea of a social business which gives capitalism a human face by using the tool of capitalism to solve social problems.
The third of fourteen children, five of whom died in infancy, he was educated at dhaka university and was awarded a fulbright scholarship to study economics at vanderbilt university. Muhammad yunus was a professor of economics in bangladesh, who realized that the most impoverished members of his community were systematically neglected by the banking system no one would loan them any money. See all books authored by muhammad yunus, including banker to the poor. Muhammad yunus was the first bangladeshi and third bengali to ever get a nobel prize. Nobel laureate muhammad yunus is presenting ideas that are a cure for the millions of unemployed youths around the world. Muhammad yunus created a capitalist system to reduce poverty. He grew up in chittagong, a commercial city of some three million people in the southeast of the indian state of east bengal which became part of pakistan in 1955 and then of bangladesh in 1971. Sep 21, 2017 mohammed yunus, nobel peace prize winner, founder of grameen bank and author of a world of three zeros, explains the concept of a social business during skoll foundations we the future event. Mohammed yunus, nobel peace prize winner, founder of grameen bank and author of a world of three zeros, explains the concept of a social business during skoll foundations we the future event. Muhammad yunus, born june 28, 1940, chittagong, east bengal now bangladesh, bangladeshi economist and founder of the grameen bank, an institution that provides microcredit small loans to poor people possessing no collateral to help its clients establish creditworthiness and financial selfsufficiency. Three decades after creating the grameen bank, which makes small loans to. Business is a beautiful mechanism to solve problems published.
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