Yunus: Economic crisis can lead to social change

The global economic crisis can be an opportunity for positive social change, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus said Saturday during a speech honoring former South African President Nelson Mandela.

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Economist, Bank Win Nobel Peace Prize

The simple yet revolutionary idea of loaning tiny sums to poor people looking to escape poverty by starting businesses won Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

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PRESIDENT Barack Obama will next month award the highest US civilian honour to 16 "agents of change" including Desmond Tutu, Stephen Hawking and Muhammad Yunus, the White House said today.

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A radical form of banking pioneered in Bangladesh could be brought to Scotland to help people out of poverty.

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Like so many others who found their fortune with Microsoft, Peter Bladin left the company and embarked on a second career to try to make the world a better place.

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This is a really interesting flash site that talks about Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner. Music is really great too!

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Ladies and Gentlemen : By giving us this prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has given important support to the proposition that peace is inextricably linked to poverty. Poverty is a threat to peace. World's income distribution gives a very telling story.

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Starting one's own business on borrowed money is no easy task in Portugal for an unemployed or retired person, or one lacking advanced professional qualifications, even if the loan is small and payable in instalments.

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More than 110 million poor people received small loans like those championed by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus, last year.

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An anti-poverty campaigner and a bank in Bangladesh have won this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The purpose of the prize has become muddled. It may be better to withhold it next time. ... The reason for the institute to withhold the prize, instead, would be to preserve its value.

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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Anti-Poverty Pioneer

NOBLE PEACE PRIZE AWARDED TO ANTI-POVERTY INNOVATOR

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