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Grameen Bank (Bengali: গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক) is a microfinance, specialized community development bank founded in Bangladesh. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It provides small loans (known as microcredit or "grameencredit") [ 7 ] to the impoverished without requiring collateral .
The Grameen Bank Act 2013 was approved at a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina [136] and was passed by parliament on 7 November 2013. [137] It replaced the Grameen Bank Ordinance, the law that underpinned the creation of Grameen Bank as a specialised microcredit institution in 1983. [138] The New York Times reported in ...
The micro-finance model of Grameen has proved versatile and has adapted well to the customs of many countries. As Grameen continued to grow, it branched out into new projects to aid the poor. In 1986 [2] Grameen acquired 783 ponds to eventually start a Fisheries Foundation, utilizing previously unused resources while providing jobs for the ...
The Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, is credited with lifting millions out of poverty in the country of Bangladesh. Grameen became famous for pioneering the concept of ...
Prior to co-founding Yunus Social Business, Muhammad Yunus pioneered the field of micro-finance through Grameen Bank in his home country of Bangladesh. Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize for establishing microfinance and trying to tackle poverty. Grameen Bank became the first of several social businesses that ...
Grameen Bank in Bangladesh is the oldest and probably best-known microfinance institution in the world. Grameen Bank launched their US operations in New York in April 2008. [21] Bank of America has announced plans to award more than $3.7 million in grants to nonprofits to use in backing microloan programs. [22]
Mohammad Shahjahan Bangladeshi is a former managing director and CEO of Grameen Bank. [1] [2] [3] He assumed the office on 14 August 2011 until he retired on 30 October 2014. [4] He gained his Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting from University of Dhaka in 1976. He completed his master's degree in accounting and finance from the same ...
Grameen Danone Foods was launched in 2006 as a joint venture between Grameen Bank and the French food company Groupe Danone. Grameen Danone's first product is a fortified yoghurt, branded Shoktidoi, which is designed to provide children with many of the key nutrients that are typically missing from their diet in rural Bangladesh.