Mohammed Yunus and Grameen Bank

This case-let introduces Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Laureate and founder of Grameen Bank, exploring his pioneering work in microcredit. It examines Yunus’s motivations, personal characteristics, and the contextual factors that shaped his journey in redefining poverty alleviation through access to credit. Learners will gain insights into the principles and applications of microcredit and microfinance, while also engaging with the systemic and cultural shifts driven by Yunus and Grameen Bank in Bangladesh—a nation still in its formative years when the bank was established in 1983.