The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus this month may provide a lift to the already rapidly growing field of microfinance, and bring financial services to a ...

The board of the Grameen Bank is meeting today in Dhaka to decide the future of its founder, Muhammad Yunus. Revered as one of the founders of microfinance, Yunus won a Nobel Prize in 2006 for his ...

After a life dedicated to fighting extreme poverty, Bangladesh's 85-year-old Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is set to end his biggest mission.

For years Muhammad Yunus reigned as the public face of microfinance. It seemed only right when, in 2006, the Bangladeshi economist-cum-social entrepreneur and his Grameen Bank shared the Nobel Peace ...

While Bangladesh’s new “caretaker,” Muhammad Yunus, has been widely recognized for pioneering the field of microfinance, mainstream economics has largely dismissed insights from this development model ...

Asia: Politics pulls down the microfinance pioneer The forced removal of Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus as head of the lender casts a shadow over an institution that has flourished in Bangladesh ...

Muhammad Yunus, a microfinance pioneer, is helming a temporary administration - Copyright AFP Indranil MUKHERJEE Muhammad Yunus, a microfinance pioneer, is helming a ...

The ability of commercial microfinance institutions to fight poverty is under renewed scrutiny because of the current financial crisis. While subprime housing loans — loans made to people who don’t ...

Reports of vandalism and mob violence are real, but wilder accusations emanating from India muddy the picture. By Saif Hasnat and Mujib Mashal It is a daunting task for Bangladesh. But an unusual mix ...

After a life dedicated to fighting extreme poverty, Bangladesh's 85-year-old Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is set to end his biggest mission. Yunus will hand over the reins of ...