Grameen Bank, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, earned its celebrated reputation by helping poor women in Bangladesh become entrepreneurs. Through microfinance loans — small amounts of capital ...

In the past three decades, microfinance has mushroomed from Grameen's tiny nonprofit experiment in Bangladesh to a global industry. Grameen Bank and its founder Muhummad Yunus won the 2006 Nobel Peace ...

The government’s share in the bank will be reduced from 25 percent to 10 percent, while the borrowers, or beneficiaries, will ...