Rediscovering Muhammad Yunus: How the founder of the Grameen Bank lost his glow after the glitter

by Mohammad Jabbar

Overview

In 2006, Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus made history by bringing the Nobel Peace Prize home to the micro-finance institution he had pioneered, the Grameen Bank, based on the idea that micro-credit model was such a meaningful tool for poverty...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781039170643
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	01/30/2024
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

MOHAMMAD JABBAR is a teacher, economist, researcher, and writer who has been closely following the Grameen Bank and its activities since its founding in 1983. He holds a master's degree in agricultural economics from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh and a PhD in the same discipline from the University of Wales, UK. He taught economic development and agricultural policy at BAU for nearly twenty years, during which time he also provided advisory and research services to the Bangladeshi government. He went on to serve as senior agricultural economist and team leader at the International Livestock Research Institute, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, for nineteen years, where he conducted and supervised research on agricultural development and policy issues in a number of African and Asian countries. A credible writer on issues of development and economics with well over two hundred published works - some pertaining to credit-, Jabbar is perfectly positioned to conduct an excavation of the real story of Dr. Yunus and the Grameen Bank.

Since his retirement from ILRI, Mohammad has lived in Dhaka, Bangladesh with his wife, Sultana.