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Grameen Foundation combines the power of microfinance, technology, and innovative solutions to defeat global poverty. Get involved. Make a lens. Make a difference.

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Microfinance - Empowering the world's poorest people

Microfinance is often considered one of the most effective, flexible, and sustainable strategies in the fight against global poverty. Microfinance consists of making small loans, usually less than $200, to individuals, usually women, to establish or e...

Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank win the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize

Grameen Bank founder and Grameen Foundation board member Muhammad Yunus, and his Grameen Bank, have won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. The staff and board of Grameen Foundation congratulate Professor Yunus and the staff of Grameen Bank on this extraordi...

Grameen Bank of Bangladesh

Grameen Bank was started in 1976 by a young economics professor, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, when he discovered that poor women could break through poverty by taking tiny loans to start or expand tiny businesses. He launched his concept, microfinance, with t...