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by Muhammad Yunus (Author), Ray Porter (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 7 hours and 11 minutes
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  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
  • Audible Release Date: 19 Jan 2007
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002SQ7Z2U
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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In 1983, Muhammad Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with miniscule loans. Believing that credit is a basic human right, not the privilege of a few, Yunus aimed to support that spark of personal initiative and enterprise by which the poor might lift themselves out of poverty forever. Grameen Bank now provides over $2.5 billion in micro-loans to more than two million families in rural Bangladesh. Ninety-four percent of Yunus' clients are women, and repayment rates are nearly 100 percent.

In Banker to the Poor, Yunus traces the journey that led him to rethink the economic relationship between rich and poor and recounts the challenges he faced in founding Grameen. He provides wise, hopeful guidance for anyone who would like to join him in the burgeoning world movement of micro-lending to eradicate world poverty.

©1999 Muhammad Yunus; (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Grameen banking is a simple but awesomely powerful concept. As described here in detail, it appears to be an answer to alleviating poverty in a wide number of circumstances. 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 pen pictures of typical Grameen customers are truly involving, and really illustrate how the concept works in simple human terms.
There is however a problem with this book. It was written in 1997 and published in 1998. It says inside that it was reissued as a paperback in 2003, and the cover of this edition flags the Nobel Prize award in 2006, so this isnt old stock still being sold. There is nothing inside the book more recent than financial forecasts for 1998. As well as reviewing the history of Grameen, the book also has short chapters on Grameen's entry in mobile phones and Internet provision. Just think how the world has changed in these fields since then.
So time for a new revised edition...
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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What can you say about a man who has changed the world for over 2 million people? Not single-handedly, because his bank had 12,000 employees when he wrote this book, and there are other banks now, that follow the same model - but he was the one who started it all.

If you've ever noticed that your bank only wants to give you money if you don't need it - here's how the other kind of bank would look.

He's an egalitarian Muslim, and he does his best thinking with the T.V. on. I've been waiting a long time for a super-hero with respect for the idiot box.

This is a really hopeful book. It doesn't have all the answers, but it has a bunch of fascinating questions to take down the pub with you. Read it, lend it, review it - stick a bookcrossing label in it and give it to your bank manager. Swap it for a Big Issue, mail it to your MP. What are you waiting for?

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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What can you say about a man who has changed the world for over 2 million people? Not single-handedly, because his bank had 12,000 employees when he wrote this book, and there are other banks now, that follow the same model - but he was the one who started it all.

If you've ever noticed that your bank only wants to give you money if you don't need it - here's how the other kind of bank would look.

He's an egalitarian Muslim, and he does his best thinking with the T.V. on. I've been waiting a long time for a super-hero with respect for the idiot box.

This is a really hopeful book. It doesn't have all the answers, but it has a bunch of fascinating questions to take down the pub with you. Read it, lend it, review it - stick a bookcrossing label in it and give it to your bank manager. Swap it for a Big Issue, mail it to your MP. What are you waiting for?

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Banker To The Poor - challenging how persistence always brings...
Interested in the story of Mohammad Yunus for a long time and had this book on my wish list. I am so glad that I took the time to order it and read through the challenges, trials... Read more
Published 14 months ago by PBill
The Entrepreneur's story
The Grameen Bank story is well known by now, and you don't need to read this book to get an overview of it. Read more
Published 17 months ago by N. Jensen
inspiring
have heard about Micro Finance since many years. Finally got hold of a book by the father of Micro Finance. Excellent book. Amazing how much this great man has done to humanity. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2009 by Eva W
Banker To The Poor
A humble account by a remarkable man and his story of creating Grameen Bank; A bank set up to break the poverty cycle Bangladeshis are in thanks to high rates of interest from... Read more
Published on 3 July 2009 by Lindsey Round-Turner
a necessary read
If we are going to shift society somewhat we need to read and act on this man's achievements.Written in an easy to read style giving info on the banking system combined with real... Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2009 by karen bennett
Yunus The Man - Yunus The Myth Buster
This is a fascinating book about a fascinating man. Read though if you want to understand about what made this man great not whether micro loans really are the best way to assist... Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2008 by Barry Phillips
Inspiring, but reality is not that simple
This is the book that made me want to know more about microfinance, I found it very inspiring and Dr Yunus became my personal hero. Read more
Published on 12 July 2007 by F. Hache
Illuminating saga of Nobel-winning microcredit hero
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Published on 21 Feb 2007 by Rolf Dobelli
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