The Price Of A Dream. The Story Of The Grameen Bank

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publisher Place: Oxford
Publisher Year: 1997
Edition: Reprint

Description: 370 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The Price of a Dream tells the remarkable story of the Grameen Bank, the groundbreaking "village bank" that has revolutionized the way people around the world fight poverty. The Banks model--providing collateral-free "micro-loans" for self-employment to millions of women villagers in Bangladesh--has inspired and shaped the thinking of economists, policy makers, business people, development workers and a generation of social entrepreneurs. Both liberal and conservative policy circles have championed the Banks ability to transform the lives of its clients and help them escape the vicious cycle of deep economic hardship.Drawing upon interviews with villagers, development workers, economists, and the Banks founder Muhammad Yunus--a recipient of numerous humanitarian awards--the book shows how the Grameen Bank grew from an experiment in one village to an organization that lends billions of dollars in small individual loans.

ISBN: 9780195187496