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'Banker to the Poor' receives Nobel prize
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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Oct. 13 to Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh and the Grameen Bank, which offers loans to poor people without any financial security. Yunus, dubbed "Banker to the Poor," is seen as one of the main developers of the concept of "microcredit," which gives entrepreneurs who are too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans very small sums to start up their own enterprises. (AFP-Jiji)
ノーベル平和賞に「貧者の銀行家」
今年のノーベル平和賞が、バングラデシュのムハマド・ユヌス氏と同氏が創設した「貧者の銀行」と呼ばれるグラミン銀行に送られることが13日決まった。
Shukan ST: Oct. 27, 2006
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