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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World Poverty
by Muhammad Yunus. 258 pgs.

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Muhammad Yunus has launched one of the most spectacular revolutions in the world of finance and banking, bringing not only economic hope to the rural poor, but a social revolution in how the poor are treated by society. This book tells the story.

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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World Poverty

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Introduction

Chapter One: Number 20 Boxirhat Road, Chittagong

Chapter Two: A Bengali in America

Chapter Three: Back in Chittagong

Chapter Four: The Stool Makers of Jobra Village

Chapter Five: A Pilot Project is Born

Chapter Six: Expanding beyond Jobra into Tangail

Chapter Seven: A Bank for the Poor is Born

Chapter Eight: Growth and Challenges for the Bank for the Poor, 1984-1990

Chapter Nine: Applications in Other Poor Countries

Chapter Ten: Applications in the United States and Other Wealthy Countries

Chapter Eleven: Grameen in the Nineties

Chapter Twelve: Beyond Micro-Credit: a New World of Grameen Enterprises

Chapter Thirteen: The Future

For Further Information

Index
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Women at the Center: Grameen Bank Borrowers after One Decade
by Helen Todd. 276 pgs.

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Tables and Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

1: The Bank in the Village

Notes

2: What Credit Can Do: Women's Contribution

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3: Wives and Partners

Notes

4: Taka Talks: Centrality in the Household

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5: Strategies for Survival

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6: Still Poor: Disaster and Dependency

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7: Women on Their Own

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8: Group and Center: Solidarity and Self-Interest

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9: Centered on the Children

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Conclusion

Epilogue

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Appendix 1: Methodology

Appendix 2: Childrens' Growth

Appendix 3: the Sixteen Decisions

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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Women and Microcredit in Rural Bangladesh: Anthropological Study of the Rhetoric and Realities of Grameen Bank Lending
by Aminur Rahman. 200 pgs.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

1: Introduction

Notes

2: Field Research Methodology

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3: Theoretical Framework

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4: The Study Village and Its Socioeconomic Organization

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5: Microlending and Equitable Development

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6 Disbursement and Recovery of Loans: Bases for Escalation of Violence?

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7: Microlending and Sustainable Development

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8: Conclusion

Appendix A: Glossary of Non-English Words

Appendix B: the Sixteen Decisions

Appendix C: Grameen Bank Bidhimala (bye-Laws/Constitution)

References

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Empowerment of the Poor: Eliminating the Apartheid Practiced by Financial Institutions, in The Humanist
by Muhammad Yunus. 4 pgs.

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Poverty Alleviation: Is Economics Any Help? Lessons from the Grameen Bank Experience, in Journal of International Affairs
by Muhammad Yunus. 18 pgs.

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Promoting Microcapitalism in the Service of the Poor: The Grameen Model and Its Cross-Cultural Adaptation, in The Journal of Business Communication
by Mohammad A. Auwal. 23 pgs.

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The Barefoot Bank with Cheek: The Grameen Bank, in Bangladesh, Which Makes Small Loans to Some of the Poorest People on Earth, Has Become a Model for Economic Developers All over the World, in The Atlantic Monthly
by David Bornstein. 5 pgs.

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Cultural Aspects of Credit Institutions: Transplanting the Grameen Bank Credit Group Structure to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, in Journal of Economic Issues
by Kathleen Pickering, David W. Mushinski. 10 pgs.

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The Grameen Bank and Women in Bangladesh, in Challenge
by Abu Wahid. 8 pgs.

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Reducing Poverty and Empowering Communities, in UN Chronicle
by Paritosh Srivastava. 2 pgs.

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Strategic Management for Voluntary Nonprofit Organizations ("Grameen Bank" begins on p. 255)
by Roger Courtney. 324 pgs.

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This text provides a much-needed summation of strategic management issues in nonprofit organisations, and addresses both the academic theory and current practice of strategic planning and strategic management.

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The Author

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part I: An Introduction to the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector

1: An Introduction to Strategic Management in the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector

Suggested Reading

2: The Growth and Development of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector

Suggested Reading

3: The Rise of Professional Management in the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector

4: What is the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector and How is It Different from Other Sectors?

Suggested Reading

Part II: The Development of Different Approaches to Strategic Management

5: The Development of Strategic Management

6: What is an Excellent Organization?

7: Starting with the People

8: Post-Modern Perspectives on Strategy

Part III: Strategy and the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector

9: The Development of Strategic Management in the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector

10: How to Measure Success

11: Is Strategic Management Effective?

Part IV: Strategic Analysis, Formulation, Choice and Implementation

12: Strategic Analysis

13: Strategic Analysis

14: Strategic Formulation

15: Strategic Formulation

16: Strategic Implementation

Part V: Case Studies

Save the Children Fund

Care in the Home (Cith)

World Wide Fund for Nature (Wwf)

Further Reading

Care

Further Reading

The Simon Community

Grameen Bank

Homeline

Nspcc

Oxfam

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