"Published ... by PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group"--Title page verso.
"Revised and updated for the paperback edition"--Page 4 of cover.
Includes index.
Contents
Number 20 Boxirhat Road, Chittagong -- A Bengali in America -- Back in Chittagong -- The stool makers of Jobra Village -- A pilot project is born -- Expanding beyond Jobra into Tangail -- A bank for the poor is born -- Growth and challenges for the Bank for the Poor, 1984-1990 -- Applications in other poor countries -- Applications in the United States and other wealthy countries -- Grameen in the nineties -- Beyond micro-credit : a new world of Grameen Enterprises -- Grameen Bank II -- The future.
Summary
The founder of the Grameen Bank relates how he developed the system of micro-credit to help eradicate poverty in countries such as Bangladesh by providing financial education and small loans to rural families.
