Un mondo senza povertà

Excellent book. Yunus is an inspiring man. I know nothing about economics yet I was able to understand this book, and it has helped me clarify for myself what kind of business I would like to run someday - a social business. Basically, it presents a new model for social services - building organizat Leggi tutto

لا أبالغ لو قلت أن هذا الكتاب هو خارج نطاق التقييم ... فلا يصح أن يقيم بـ 5 أو ست أو سبع نجوم... فهو كتاب عظيم بالمعنى الحرفي للكلمة ... كتاب يحمل رؤية صادقة و عميقة لمشاكل الغالبية العظمى من سكان العالم .. ألا و هم الفقراء محمد يونس .. دكتور الاقتصاد الذي يقول أنه شعر بخواء كل النظريات التي يدرسها ل Leggi tutto

This is a very inspiring book. Dr Yunus, the inventor of the concept of Grameen Banking (Micro-banking), and the Grameen bank won Nobel peace prize in 2006. In this book, Dr Yunus has elaborated on the idea of Grameen bank and several other projects he and his team have started to uplift the poor. I Leggi tutto

If there were more people like Muhammad Yunus, then maybe his goal of stamping out poverty by 2050 will be achieved — hell, maybe he’ll be able to get Bangladesh there all on his own at the rate that he’s going. In “Creating A World Without Poverty,”, Yunus talks about social businesses and the futur Leggi tutto

في عام 1974 م غرقت بنجلاديش في فيضانات مدمرة، الناجون من هذه الفيضانات، وجدوا أنفسهم بلا غذاء، يواجهون مجاعة لا ترحم. كان هذا هو الجو الذي وجد فيه الدكتور الشاب (محمد يونس) نفسه، كان قد عاد إلى بلده في العام نفسه متخليا ً عن منصبه كأستاذ مساعد في جامعة ميدل تينسي الأمريكية، مدفوعا ً بمشاعره تجاه ا Leggi tutto

The question after reading this book is not whether the book was good or not but what do I want to do about the challenge it sets. Someone here commented that the final chapter about putting poverty to museums was naive and unrealistic. While that may be true, the image of my grandchildren going to

Muhammad Yunus and his work are really amazing. Reading about the different Grameen businesses really overwhelmed me and made me wonder where on earth do I begin to start to achieve something even remotely close to that??! But it is inspiring and really makes you wanna stop sitting around and do som Leggi tutto

I read this in the spirit of celebration for what's already been done, and with brave hope for the future...but it didn't give me the answers I really wanted. I want to defeat the spirit of poverty that permeates every level of society. Poverty of wealth is a symptom of the far greater disease. Yunu Leggi tutto

Without doubt, Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism is an inspiring book. I did not have a specific expectation of the book, when I started it - having known about the Grameen initiative and its activities. I started reading this book as a part of a course th Leggi tutto