Muhammad_Yunus - 2006 PEACE PRIZE WINNER YUNUS DISCUSSES MICROCREDIT

2006 PEACE PRIZE WINNER YUNUS DISCUSSES MICROCREDIT

Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his Grameen Bank's micro-lending policies to help the impoverished in Bangladesh, speaks during a luncheon in Washington on November 20, 2006. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)


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