Muhammad Yunus

Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus is a banker to the poor and economist who was born on 28 June 1940 in Bangladesh. He was a professor of economics and is famous for his work in microcredit. Professor Muhammad Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1983 to help the poor by bragging(a) out small loans. He turned the idea intoGrameen Bank, which has made small loans to more than 7. 5 million people now. His first loan was $27 apt(p) from his own pocket. This $27 was loaned to 42 women in the village, who made a profit of $0. 2 each from the loan. The activity of the Grameen Bank is known around the world. Its ideas have been utilise throughout the world including USA, China, Malaysia, India etc. More than 94% of these loans have been given to women to improve their lives and escape poverty. The Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to award the Nobel peace of mind assess in 2006, divided into two equal parts, toMuhammad YunusandGrameen Bankfor their efforts to c reate economic and social development from below.Muhammad Yunus has received several other awards. Microcredit means give small loans. These loans are given to poor people. To qualify for a loan, the villager must demonstrate that their family owns less(prenominal) than one half acre of land. The activity of Grameen Bank has not been bound to just Bangladesh but also around the world. Grameen helps the worlds poorest, especially women, improve their lives and escape poverty. More than 94% of Grameen loans have been given to women, who have less money and give more to their families.Grameen Bank was the first lender to hand out microcredit, giving very small loans to poor Bangladeshis who did not qualify for loans from common banks. The bank has provided $5. 72 billion dollars to over 6 million families in Bangladesh. These loans average $200. With 1,417 branches, Grameen provides services in 51,000 villages, covering three quarters of all the villages in Bangladesh. This system w as so successful that even beggars had been able to borrow money.The people who have enough money has many banks to support them, but those who dont have anything, traditional banking system, thats why Muhammad Yunus created the Grameen Bank and thus winning the Nobel Prize for Peace. The main aim of the traditional bank is to provide loan in exchange of depositing the property or other assets with interest. There is no scope/eligibility for the poor to do anything without any investment, but in the concept of Grameen Bank, Dr. Yunus has made his microcredit form _or_ system of government to provide banking service without any deposition.Muhammad Yunus is the recipient of numerous international awards for his ideas and endeavors, including the Mohamed Shabdeen Award for Science (1993), Sri Lanka Humanitarian Award (1993), CARE, USA humanness Food Prize (1994), World Food Prize Foundation, USA Independence Day Award (1987), Bangladeshs highest award King Hussein Humanitarian Leader ship Award (2000), King Hussein Foundation, Jordan Volvo surroundings Prize (2003), Volvo Environment Prize Foundation, Sweden Nikkei Asia Prize for Regional Growth (2004), Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan Franklin D.Roosevelt Freedom Award (2006), Roosevelt Institute of The Netherlands and the Seoul Peace Prize (2006), Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea. He also is a member of the board of the United Nations Foundation. Yunus received the U. S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 and the U. S. Congressional opulent Medal in 2012. If banks made large loans, he made small loans. If banks required paperwork, his loans were for the illiterate. Whatever banks did, he did the opposite, marvels Sam Daley-Harris, director of the Microcredit Summit Campaign. Hes a genius. Microcredit is something which is not going to disappear because this is a need of the people, Mr. Yunus told the BBC in 2002. Bibliography Press Release Nobel Peace Prize 2006. Nobelprize. org. 17 Apr 20 13 http//www. nobelprize. org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2006/press. html Muhammad Yunus Nobel Peace Prize victor. Grameen-info. org. 17 Apr 2013. http//www. grameeninfo. org/index. php? option=com_content&task=view&id=404&Itemid=199 Yunus Wins Nobel Prize. 006. Nbcnews. com. 17 Apr 2013. http//www. nbcnews. com/id/15246216/ns/business-world_business/t/yunus-wins-peace-nobel-anti-poverty-efforts/ The New Heroes Muhammad Yunus. Pbs. org. 17 Apr 2013 http//www. pbs. org/opb/thenewheroes/meet/yunus. html Muhammad Yunus Worlds Banker to the Poor. 2 Mar 20011. Bbbc. co. uk. 17 Apr 2013 http//www. bbc. co. uk/news/world-south-asia-11901625. Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus Visits Quinnipiac. Qunnipiac. edu. 17 Apr 2013.