Banker to the Poor: The Autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, Founder of the Grameen Bank

R4 - A reprint hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Muhammad Yunus to previous owner on the dedication page in very good condition in good dust jacket. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, scattered scratches, wrinkling, rubbing and scuffing, dog-eared on the front flap, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and light cover edgewear, wrinkling on the spine edges, some scattered light smudges/stains and scuffing on the page edges, previous owner's name written on the half-title page, lightly moisture soiled, light discoloration and shelf wear. Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. 9.5"x6.5", 313 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance.[1] These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. Yunus and the Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below". The Norwegian Nobel Committee said that "lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty" and that "across cultures and civilizations, Yunus and Grameen Bank have shown that even the poorest of the poor can work to bring about their own development". Yunus has received several other national and international honours. He received the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2010. In February 2011, Yunus together with Saskia Bruysten, Sophie Eisenmann and Hans Reitz co-founded Yunus Social Business - Global Initiatives (YSB). YSB creates and empowers social businesses to address and solve social problems around the world. As the international implementation arm for Yunus' vision of a new, humane capitalism, YSB manages incubator funds for social businesses in developing countries and provides advisory services to companies, governments, foundations and NGOs. In 2012, he became Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland, a position he held until 2018. Previously, he was a professor of economics at Chittagong University in Bangladesh. He published several books related to his finance work. He is a founding board member of Grameen America and Grameen Foundation, which support microcredit. Yunus also served on the board of directors of the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to support UN causes, from 1998 to 2021. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.