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First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

12 areas where social entrepreneurship needs to improve: Part 1

The social entrepreneurship field is growing, exciting, full of potential, but limiting itself, affecting what it could achieve.This is particularly unfortunate as this field seems to be onto something. For some reasons, it resonates. Author Giles Hutchins ... [Published GreenBiz - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Invention, Sustainability, Grameen Bank

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Aung San Suu Kyi

Ovations for the banker to world's poor'

HUNDREDS of people packed into Oldham Civic Centre to hear words of wisdom from Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus.Professor Yunus, known as the world's “banker to the poor”, accepted a last-minute invitation to visit Oldham during a trip to ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Aung San Suu Kyi, Nelson Mandela

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Grameen Bank

Grameen Bank seeks tax exemption for 6 months

Grameen Bank has sought tax exemption on its income for the period of six months with retrospective effect from January 2011 to June 2011 that left out of tax exemption facility given by the National Board of Revenue.The GB had enjoyed tax exemption facility ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 19 2013]

Entities: Grameen Bank, Taxes, Financial Statement

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Microcredit guru shares friendship, birthplace with local man

Z Rapid City Journal1 hour agoMuch of the news out of his native Bangladesh last month was terribly sad, as it so frequently is.Americans don't hear much about the developing country of 160 million citizens where Syed Huq was born unless some calamity ... [Published Rapid City Journal - May 19 2013]

Entities: Bangladesh, Grameen Bank, Rapid City (United States), Friendship

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Muhammad Yunus

Bangladesh's leans on a poet's vision after Yunus

For millions, Rabindranath Tagore's literary greatness is unforgettable and especially for the Bengali populus, the benchmark for everything and anything is still Tagore. However, the apex bank in Bangladesh is now looking into the little known aspect ... [Published Smart Investor - May 19 2013]

Entities: Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh, Atiur Rahman

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Immediate response to Mahasen victims called for

BFF to splash out Tk 60 lakh on AFC Women’s Asian CupToo many pvt vehicles clogging up city roadsFirst-ever circular train starts dry run from CtgStudents in for tough competitionNew pay commission likely in budgetRMG workers stage demo at AshuliaGovt ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 18 2013]

Entities: Immediate Response, Disaster, Barguna (Bangladesh), Grameen Bank, New Age

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Dipu-Kerry talks highlight strong cooperation

Foreign minister Dipu Moni and US secretary of state John Kerry had their first bilateral talks in Washington on Friday afternoon discussing some pressing issues, including war crimes tribunal, Hefajat-e-Islam’s movement, upcoming general elections and ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 18 2013]

Entities: Bangladesh, Dipu Moni, Rohingya People

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Nobel winner visits Oldham

A NOBEL Peace Prize-winning economist is visiting Oldham this weekend.Oldham Council is hosting the visit by social activist Prof Muhammad Yunus, who will speak to council members and residents in the council chamber at the civic centre on Sunday (5p ... [Published Oldham Chronicle - May 17 2013]

Entities: Muhammad Yunus, Abdul Jabbar, Grameen Bank, Microfinance, Nobel Peace Prize

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

No relief reaches Mahasen victims yet

8 more bodies of Myanmar citizens recoveredBNP to back its leaders in mayoral raceMost PopularMost E-mailedFeedbackHOMEMAIN NEWS Staff correspondentA man picks up a signboard from a school destroyed by cyclone Mahasen, in Kuakata on Friday. — Reuters ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 17 2013]

Entities: Rezaul Karim, Grameen Bank, Myanmar/Burma, Ruhul Amin

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

"Microfinance and Entrepreneurship Among Minority Communities"

Since its introduction to the world stage in 1983 through Professor Muhammed Yunus’ Grameen Bank (see www.grameen-info.org) in Bangladesh, microfinance has evolved into a key mechanism for individuals in poverty to step towards self-sufficiency. Under ... [Published Microfinance Gateway - May 16 2013]

Entities: Microfinance, Rome, Entrepreneurship

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Saudi Arabia weighs investment in Bangladesh agriculture

By Related Photo Credit:Reuters/Rafiquar RahmanThe Kingdom is considering investing in the Bangladesh agriculture industry, particularly rice production, according to a government source.The move is in line with the King Abdullah Initiative for Saudi ... [Published Zawya.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Agriculture, Grameen Bank

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to visit Salford Uni

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Bangladeshi economist, Muhammad Yunus, will urge young people to use business for social and community benefit when he visits the University of Salford later this month.Yunus is one of only seven people to have won the Nobel ... [Published En the Web - May 14 2013]

Entities: Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, University of Salford, Grameen Bank

Quotes

"Consumers would be proud to support the product and the company," Yunus concluded, "rather than feeling guilty about wearing a product made under harsh working conditions."

ZP Heller: Lessons From Bangladesh [Published Huffington Post - 16 hours ago]

...In short, according to Business Week, they "use business methods to solve social problems. However, much more needs to be said about its definition, as the inherent ambiguity you might have noticed is both helping and, in its excess, unnecessarily hurting the field (hey, I usually like ambiguity). This will be discussed later in this series. (For the definitionally oriented, a particularly good one is by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.)"

12 areas where social entrepreneurship needs to improve: Part 1 [Published GreenBiz - 21 hours ago]

..."," said Brian Finnegan, global worker rights coordinator at the AFL-CIO. "The whole point of what we're doing is to make it binding and enforceable." )

H&M Responds Slowly to Bangladesh Factory Collapse Killing 1,100 [Published CorpWatch - May 20 2013]

"It only reflects what kind of values that exists in this country," he said. "With every thing that is going on, including the terrorist act in Boston, the U S Congress did not shy away from awarding the highest civilian award to a Muslim" he said

Microcredit guru shares friendship, birthplace with local man [Published Rapid City Journal - May 19 2013]

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ZP Heller: Lessons From Bangladesh [Published Huffington Post - 16 hours ago]
12 areas where social entrepreneurship needs to... [Published GreenBiz - 21 hours ago]
Ovations for the banker to world's poor' [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 23 hours ago]
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Credit Agricole Mic... [Published MicroCapital - May 20 2013]
H&M Responds Slowly to Bangladesh Factory Colla... [Published CorpWatch - May 20 2013]
Leaders unleash creativity [Published Leader.co.za - May 19 2013]
Grameen Bank seeks tax exemption for 6 months [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 19 2013]
Microcredit guru shares friendship, birthplace ... [Published Rapid City Journal - May 19 2013]
Bangladesh's leans on a poet's vision after Yunus [Published Smart Investor - May 19 2013]
Rarawa defends SPBD operations [Published Solomon Star - May 19 2013]
Immediate response to Mahasen victims called for [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 18 2013]
Dipu-Kerry talks highlight strong cooperation [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 18 2013]
Act right away [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 18 2013]
US vows help to Bangladesh after factory disaster [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 18 2013]
Washington lauds Dhaka's role in tackling terro... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 18 2013]
Nobel winner visits Oldham [Published Oldham Chronicle - May 17 2013]
No relief reaches Mahasen victims yet [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 17 2013]
Chitradurga self-help groups impress Ethiopian ... [Published New Indian Express - May 17 2013]
The Real Problem In Bangladesh Is A Dysfunction... [Published Business Insider - May 16 2013]
Amanpour to girls of the world: It's time to po... [Published CNN - May 16 2013]
Economic development being chosen over environm... [Published Trinidad Guardian - May 16 2013]
"Microfinance and Entrepreneurship Among Minori... [Published Microfinance Gateway - May 16 2013]
Saudi Arabia weighs investment in Bangladesh ag... [Published Zawya.com - May 16 2013]
Crowdfunding and lean startups [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 14 2013]
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to visi... [Published En the Web - May 14 2013]
"Social Innovation for Social Change" [Published Muscat Daily - May 14 2013]
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to addr... [Published Manchester Evening News - May 14 2013]
Answer To Garment Industry's Deadliest Disaster... [Published Common Dreams - May 13 2013]
Muhammad Yunus And Ths Silly Idea Of An Interna... [Published Birmingham Star - May 13 2013]
Muhammad Yunus And Ths Silly Idea Of An Interna... [Published Forbes.com - May 13 2013]

Blogs

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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Credit Agricole Mic... [Published MicroCapital - May 20 2013] The Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF), a Luxembourg-based nonprofit that provides financial services to microfinance institutions, recently notified MicroCapital that it approved the local-currency loan equivalent to approximately ...
Crowdfunding and lean startups [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 14 2013] Crowdfunding is hot. According to Crowdsourcing.org , in 2012, more than US$2.7 billion was raised through crowdfunding platforms; in 2013 the amount is expected to increase to US$5.1 billion. That crowdfunding is hot was also confirmed at a recent ...
"The Vision of Muhammad Yunus" by Filmmaker Hol... [Published OpEdNews - Apr 17 2013] Welcome back for the second part of my interview with Holly Mosher, who made the film, "Bonsai People: The Vision of Muhammed Yunus". He is the founder of Grameen Bank and microcredit, which engages in very small loans to the poorest segment of society ...
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: CGAP, Grameen Foundation, M... [Published MicroCapital - Apr 16 2013] CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), a US-based nonprofit research and policy center, the Grameen Foundation, a US-based nonprofit that seeks to increase business opportunities and telecommunication services for poor people in rural areas, and ...
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Results to Host Internation... [Published MicroCapital - Apr 04 2013] Event Name: Results International Conference Event Date: July 20-23, 2013 Event Location: DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, Washington DC, US Cost: The full cost to attend is USD 315. The rate for registrations made by April 15 is USD 165, and a rate of USD ...

Press Releases

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"Bonsai People" featured in this month's Do Som... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - Mar 12 2013]