The story of the Grameen bank is an excellent example of how social change initiatives can be combined with government and private industry support to acheive a greater outcome than the organization could acheive by itself.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Banker to the Poor
Mohmmad Yunus is a leading authority on micro-lending and poverty alleviation. The book chronicles a one man's struggle against fighting poverty against all odds. Very easy to read and focuses on the issues and events and not the individual. After reading this book I had to re-examine and change my existing misconceptions about poverty.