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Alex Counts Guest

Alex Counts

President and CEO of the Grameen Foundation

President and CEO of the Grameen Foundation and author of Give Us Credit: How Muhammad Yunus' Microlending is Empowering Women from Bangladesh to Chicago

FROM Alex Counts

Bangladeshi Economist Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Bangladeshi Economist Wins Nobel Peace Prize Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank have brought this year's Nobel Peace Prize to Bangladesh. The economist has leveraged tiny loans for as little as $50 dollars to lift millions of people out of poverty.

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