London 20/05/2013. Today, the LSE (London School of Economics) presented a public lecture called "Banker to the Poor: Lifting Millions Out of Poverty through Social Business" hosted by Professor Muhammad Yunus (Bangladeshi Professor of economics, he developed the concepts of microcredit and microfinance; in 2006 Yunus and Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below"; in 2010 he was...
more »London 20/05/2013. Today, the LSE (London School of Economics) presented a public lecture called "Banker to the Poor: Lifting Millions Out of Poverty through Social Business" hosted by Professor Muhammad Yunus (Bangladeshi Professor of economics, he developed the concepts of microcredit and microfinance; in 2006 Yunus and Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below"; in 2010 he was awarded the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal in 2010). Chair of the event was Professor Craig Calhoun (American sociologist and Director of LSE).
Here there is the link to the podcast (and video) to listen the lecture:
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