Topic: Grameen Bank Ltd.

Creating a world without Poverty

  I had the distinct priviledge of attending a recent luncheon hosted by Scotiabank. The special guest presenter was Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate and founder of the world renown, Grameen Bank in ...READ»

Laptops for Kids and Shared Village-wide Cell Phones can Fight Systemic Deep Poverty

Negroponte and Quadir: How Laptops and Cell Phones Attack Systemic Poverty in Developing CountriesREAD»

Shallow Pockets

Continuing the microlending work pioneered by Muhammad Yunus Bangladeshi microlending institution the Grameen Bank, grassroots financiers such as Indonesian Ishak Fatoni indicate that microlending can be macro-profitable. But don't ...READ»

Microcredit Entrepreneur wins Nobel Peace Prize

A simple business plan based on the concept of microcredit just won Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus the Nobel Peace Prize. Yunus was awarded the prize today for the bank he founded, the Grameen Bank, which provides average loans ...READ»

Here's a Business Plan to Fight Poverty

The social entrepreneur who pioneered 'microlending' has launched a new company. Its goal: a cell-phone in every village.READ»

Wealth and Poverty

Muhammed Yunus's share-the-wealth business model.READ»

Feedback

Savior or Sellout? Some of Adam Werbach's old friends in the environmental movement may not be talking to him since he signed on with Wal-Mart, but Fast Company readers had plenty to say about September's cover story. Responses ...READ»

Amateur Revolution

From astronomy to computing, networks of amateurs are displacing the pros and spawning some of the greatest innovations.READ»

Business 3.0

The oblivious capitalist's days are numbered.READ»

Unplanned Obsolescence

Grameen's famous Village Phone Program lifted thousands out of poverty-- and helped Muhammad Yunus win the Nobel Peace Prize. The problem: It's not working anymore.READ»

Live from Pop!Tech: Today's Social Capitalist Assignment

Overwhelmed by the thought of tackling world poverty? Join the club. When you hear that three billion people live on less than $2 a day, it's hard to know where to begin. Enter Kiva, a super convenient microfinancing nonprofit ...READ»

Conscious Capitalists Focus on the Ideals of Businesses

Mackey says a Conscious Capitalist focuses on one or more of four ideals -- the good, the true, the beautiful, and the heroic -- and on aligning the interests of all "stakeholders." But just what business should emulate is unclear.READ»

• John Mackey's Vision to Reshape Capitalism

Investing Far and Wide

A recent interview with K. V. Kamath, CEO of the second largest bank in India, in the Wharton Leadership Digest indicates that part of ICICI's growth strategy is to focus on rural market development -- and move into the 600,000 ...READ»

Amateur Revolution

From astronomy to computing, networks of amateurs are displacing the pros and spawning some of the greatest innovations.READ»

Digging Out

The idea of putting people to work was largely neglected after the invasion of Iraq. Now, as debate mounts over troop withdrawals, one strategy might help fill the void.READ»

Credit For All

For Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank who just won the Nobel Peace Prize, access to credit is a human right. Providing credit to the world’s poor, Yunus believes, clashes with the profit-maximizing goal of conventional ...READ»

A More Powerful Path

Changing the way we think about change--and bringing business into the act.READ»

Next Stop - The 21st Century

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Questions for Dambisa Moyo

Tweeting Fast Company readers take on the Zambian economist and author of the book "Dead Aid", who talks about making chocolate, fighting AIDS, and her friend Chris HughesREAD»

Jack Welch, A Proponent of Conscious Capitalism?

Right now, denizens of young corporate leaders and entrepreneurs who are fighting the good fight –getting investors and their corporate leaders on board with new and more sustainable ways to view business – are perking up at the recent words from former GE Chairman and CEO, Jack Welch. If you have been reading my blog, you have followed my discussions of sustainability as a part of corporate consciousness for the past months. Today, I was pointed towards the latest word from Mr. Welch, publically stating that it was “a dumb idea” for executives to focus so heavily on quarterly profits and share price gains. Wait, wasn’t it Welch who originally created the “shareholder value movement” in the early 80s? READ»

How Innovations from Developing Nations Trickle-Up to the West

A funny thing has happened on the way to globalization: Innovation now trickles up from emerging to advanced economies. And it may be the way of the future.READ»

• Trickle-Up Trends

Mobile Communication, Pervasive Computing, and Collective Action

Howard Rheingold was one of the creators HotWired, as well as editor of The Whole Earth Review and editor-in-chief of The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog. More recently, Rheingold wrote the book Smart Mobs: The Next Social ...READ»

Building Strong Networks: Part One

It’s crystal clear that having a strong network is critical to personal and professional success for leaders these days. I just interviewed Mike Dulworth, author of a great new book called The Connect Effect: Building Strong ...READ»

U.S. City of the Year: Chicago

Skyscrapers, green roofs, and house music -- a very American metropolis. READ»

• Five Things You Don't Know About Chicago
• Fast Cities 2008