Yunus Centre Press Release

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia received Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus at his Palace in Riyadh on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Professor Yunus was invited by Prince Mut’ ib Bin Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud to be the key note speaker at the National Heritage and Culture Festival [...]

Everyone Should Have the Right to Credit

Microcredit loans have revolutionized the world of finance in developing nations. Now Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate behind the concept, wants to see similar programs in the industrialized world. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, he explains why Germany’s poor should be given loans.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Mr. Yunus, you provide microcredit to people in [...]

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