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to linkin celebrations of united nations 75 we are doing a survey - ?? your nation's most exciting story/storyteller 2020 - our nomination for bangladesh https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/6033030/ if you agree pls share; if you have a different nomination -what BOOKMARK PLEASE? -thanks for help chris macrae washington dc www.economistUN.com www.economistasia.net WWW.inkedin.com/in/unwomens
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can you help us catalogue a full list of yunus and associate webs- additions/corrections welcome chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk
grameen bank founded by dr yunus http://www.grameen.com was established by government ordinance in 1983 -ownership was shared between its women members and the government- its leadership branding around the world was led by dr yunus together with 3 founding staff - around 2011/12 the government changed things terminating yunus decision making of the bank - yunuscentre became his overall leadership structure including partnerships that he had developed separately
new partnerships after 2013 have usually been co-branded with the yunus name
http://www.grameenphone.com -probably the biggest bangladesh corporation began as a partnership of yunus, the norwegian mobile operator telenor, and the bangladesh american family the quadirs- early grants or social investments in this also came from george soros and some other american philanthropists; my understanding subject to correction os that about one third of grammen phone was owned in trust of grameen bank women members- this also invested in the 100% social business http://www.grameentelecom.net.bd/ which became the telephone ladies franchise which had a huge impact in the 2000s other grameen social businesses -webs to check- These ventures include Social Advancement Fund (SAF), Grameen Trust (see note lower down), Grameen Fund, Grameen Communications, Grameen Shakti (Grameen Energy), Grameen Telecom, Grameen Shikkha (Grameen Education), Grameen Mothsho Foundation, Grameen Krishi Foundation, Grameen Baybosa Bikash (Grameen Business Development), Grameenphone, Grameen Software Limited, Grameen CyberNet Limited, Gonoshasthaya Grameen Textile Mills Limited, Grameen Capital Management Limited, Grameen Knitwear Limited, Grameen Mutual Fund One, Grameen Kalyan (Grameen Well-being), Grameen Shamogree (Grameen Products), Grameen Danone Foods (joint venture with Groupe Danone) and Grameen Uddog (Grameen Enterprise, owner of the brand Grameen Check).[2][3]
http://www.grameentrust.org was set up with international funds as ngo so that yunus team could consult on developing microfinance in other developing countries- by bangladeshi law funds cannot be collected by a bangladesh charity for international application- the advice from grameen trust was fully delivered by yunus and bangladeshis with operational experience of microfinance in bangladesh villages
american
http://www.grameenamerica.com run by vidar jorgenssen boston -profession host of global health summit hq boston but also coordinates grameen bank usa hq queens ny
http://www.grameenfoundation.org run by alex counts hq washington dc profession funding agent
french
www.danonecommunities.com - a great space for seeing startup partnerships between yunus and corporations like danone and developing country entrepreneurs emmanuel faber number 2 of danone and prof faivre-tavignot brainstormed the first global social business partnership session hrance hec business school 2005 - paris became the epicentre of global social business partners until yunus met hans reitz at the 20th celebrations of the fall of the berlin wall-
www.gca-foundation.org retains the full name grameen credit agricole as a foundation fund set up by credit agricole and other french-initiated funders
germany since this time the german grameencl.com has been the main pr agent of dr yunus
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emanuel faber celebrated as a leading corporate investon in artificial intelligence for good at geneva branch of un concerned with the susainability of mobile operators
http://grameencl.com/ or in usa at http://www.grameenamerica.com/ to understand how grameen connects with supporting over 400 microcredit replications start at http://www.grameentrust.org/ or ask for independent advice at http://www.microcreditsummit.oeg/ for collaboration in youth or citizen dialogue and action projects try http://yunusforum.net/ for 7 critical sustainability solutions areas , see sidebar to help with fund raising search your country + grameen + foundation - eg usa http://www.grameenfoundation.org/ or if in doubt contact http://www.grameentrust.org/ if you have suggestions of how to improve these directions, please contact chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk or phone me at washington dc 301 881 1655 you may also find these 2 bookmarks at yunuscntre update fast on: partners http://muhammadyunus.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=390&Itemid=200family of grameen companies http://muhammadyunus.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=339&Itemid=111 we expect to update this post at least quarterly - we expect big news from glasgow soon - also in 2010 grameen is expected to announce several social business funds particularly for youth competitions and applied to such priorities as Africa and Environment Paris should not be forgotten as the first city in the world to co-create fulture capitalism thanks to http://www.danonecommunities.com/
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search grameen at asria.org can be interestsing GrameenTrust In response to this demand, Grameen Trust (GT) was formed in 1989. ... Grameen Trust monitors and evaluates the progress of all its supported partner ...www.asria.org/pro/news&events/GrameenTrust.htm Press releases & notable news Jun 24, 2005 ... One segment of the film profiles Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus ... An equaling moving shot depicts a room filled with 500 Grameen loan ...www.asria.org/news/press/1119941870/print [PDF] The History, Development and Growth of SRI asria.org File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML1972 Investor Responsibility Research Center, US. 1973 South Shore Bank, US. 1974 Mercury Provident, UK. 1976 Grameen Bank, Bangladesh. SRI Time Line ...www.asria.org/events/singapore/april02/lib/TessaT.pdf ASrIA - Press releases & notable news Oct 17, 2003 ... Conversely, the ASrIA report identifies microfinance, which originated in India with the establishment of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, ...www.asria.org/news/press/1066621933 [PDF] AN INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT (SRI) IN ... File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLmost notably with the launch of the Grameen bank in. Bangladesh. .... The Grameen Bank, beginning with a single $6 loan, had by the year ...www.asria.org/publications/lib/ASrIA_SRIinAsia.pdf ASrIA - Introduction For example, the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh which by Nov 2000 had already lent $3.2 billion to over two million people (90% of whom were women and 100% ...www.asria.org/portal/sri [PDF] SRI AND PENSIONS IN ASIA File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLGrameen Bank was established in. Bangladesh in the early seventies to lend money, at reasonable rates, ... Grameen and others has spawned a global industry. ...www.asria.org/publications/lib/PensionsReport.pdf News&events Mandela, Grameen Bank share Gandhi Peace Prize · Grameen Trust ...An Overview. Dresdner RCM Global Investors links with UNA Trust for Global SRI ...www.asria.org/pro/news&events/news&events.htm ghandiPeacePrize Subject: Mandela, Grameen Bank share Gandhi Peace Prize ... We wanted to let you know that the Grameen Bank and Nelson Mandela were joint recipients of the ...www.asria.org/pro/news&events/GhandiPeacePrize.htm [PDF] ASrIA Briefs File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - ViewJan 1, 2005 ... The Grameen Foundation, a leader in that movement, helps many of those entrepreneurs buy cellphones to develop their businesses. ...www.asria.org/publications/lib/050106_tsunami.pdf