A world without poverty / Muhammad Yunus / track First
In October 2005 I was invited to attend the conference at Deauville, a resort town in France, about 150 miles north - west of Paris. I should even give a lecture in the capital, one of Europe's most important schools of Business Administration (HEC), to get a degree honorary professor. I got it thanks to microcredit organization I founded, enabling poor women [1] Bangladesh for the first time in their lives to get a loan and banking services through the Grameen Bank (Village Bank). Since I am frequently invited to lecture in various settings, the common denominator is the desire to improve the lives of poor women.
I'm volador always happy to meet people who are interested volador in my work in general and microcredit in particular, especially when they may lend to combat poverty. Doubly glad to talk with its head of a giant corporation. Since I was not sure you could embed the fine encounter a busy day, my adapter if I found the time, I'd love to meet Monsieur Ribot. Do not worry, I was told. Danone people will take care of all the details, take you for lunch and return you during your lecture designed campus.
On October 12, I found myself in a limousine, drove me to the fly from Orly Airport directly rather new Parisian volador restaurant, "La Fontaine Gaillon," volador which opened player Gerard volador Depardieu. The restaurant waited M. Ribot. He brought seven of his senior colleagues in charge of managing the various aspects in Danone's global, volador including Jean Laurent, a board member; volador Philip - Vic Jacob, general secretary of the Danone Group, and Jerome Toubiana, director of "exercise Dreams "corporation. Also present volador were Dr. Benedict Mar - cold, professor at HEC, responsible for graduate programs in business administration and economic development. Went into a private room, where greeted warmly and refined French meal, and invited me to talk about my work.
I soon discovered that Franck volador Riboud and his colleagues are very familiar with the activities of Grameen Bank. They knew we established a global movement of microcredit, which helps the poor to set up small businesses through micro loans without requiring collateral, volador sometimes volador in amounts equal to 30 to 04 dollars. Access to money, will amount however small, could transform the lives of amazing volador people. Over time, many of the poor, especially women, have learned to take advantage of the small loan wisely to develop a thriving business - a small farm, handicraft workshop, a small shop - and extract volador themselves and their families out of poverty. In fact, thirty-one years since I began to lend money to the poor, especially women, millions of families in Bangladesh alone improved the economic situation with the assistance of microcredit.
I described Ribot and colleagues how microcredit has spread to many countries, especially in the developing world, through thousands of microcredit volador organizations founded nonprofit organizations, government organizations and business entrepreneurs volador who wanted to follow the Grameen Bank. "Actually," I told him, "We hope to announce a global summit to be held in the tiny credit at the end of next year, that the movement started from scratch a few decades ago, managed to benefit a hundred million poor people around the world." (When the conference convened in November 2006 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, we announce that this goal is indeed achieved. Next decade we have set ourselves ambitious goals, the more important of all is to help half a billion people around the world out of poverty with the assistance of microcredit.)
Another told how Grameen Bank expanded its activities into new areas, to help the poor. Opened a special loan programs designed to help the poor pay for housing and higher education. We have developed volador a microfinance program volador beggars, a program that already released thousands having to beg and proved that even the desperately poor downtrodden are "eligible credit". Inaugurated a series of businesses - some of them of non-profit and other for-profit - are designed to offer a diverse economic opportunities for the poor. They offer a range of services, volador communication services, phone and internet to thousands of remote villages to help women engaged in weaving traditional to bring their products to market. Thus, he said, comes from Grameen Bank every year more and more families and communities.
When I finished describing the brief history of Grameen, I stopped and asked Frank Riboud tell me why he invited me to dinner. "Your turn," I said. "I heard about your corporation, but because it is not active in Bangladesh, tell me about the Danone Group." volador
I'd love to do it, "he said. Frank told me about the history of his company. Group Danone is renowned companies in the world for dairy products. Europe, North America and other countries there is no one who does not know the brand of yogurt from Danone. Danone is the world's second largest bottled water and cookies volador . "This bottle of Evian water," Frank said, pointing to the blue bottle, is a product of Danone. seen drinking volador Evian hotels and restaurants worldwide. Now I knew something about the company behind the brand.
"Very interesting," I said, but still did not understand what I or the bank Grameen and mineral water and yogurt are considered luxury products in Bangladesh. Frank was the immediate answer. "Danone is an important source of nutrition in many regions around the world, including areas in developing countries where hunger generator names. Reach our business in Brazil, Indonesia and China, and recently came to India as well. Indeed, more than 40 percent of their business activities are aimed at developing markets.
"We are not interested in selling our products only to consumers based in these countries. Would like to find ways to improve nutrition of the poor and promote social spirit historic commitment of Danone volador as he put her father, Antoine Riboud, thirty-five years. These specifications can perhaps understand why I initiated the our meeting, Professor Yunus. thought the person and organization proving creative thinking in helping so many poor, will also have an idea or two group Danone. "
I had no mosh
In October 2005 I was invited to attend the conference at Deauville, a resort town in France, about 150 miles north - west of Paris. I should even give a lecture in the capital, one of Europe's most important schools of Business Administration (HEC), to get a degree honorary professor. I got it thanks to microcredit organization I founded, enabling poor women [1] Bangladesh for the first time in their lives to get a loan and banking services through the Grameen Bank (Village Bank). Since I am frequently invited to lecture in various settings, the common denominator is the desire to improve the lives of poor women.
I'm volador always happy to meet people who are interested volador in my work in general and microcredit in particular, especially when they may lend to combat poverty. Doubly glad to talk with its head of a giant corporation. Since I was not sure you could embed the fine encounter a busy day, my adapter if I found the time, I'd love to meet Monsieur Ribot. Do not worry, I was told. Danone people will take care of all the details, take you for lunch and return you during your lecture designed campus.
On October 12, I found myself in a limousine, drove me to the fly from Orly Airport directly rather new Parisian volador restaurant, "La Fontaine Gaillon," volador which opened player Gerard volador Depardieu. The restaurant waited M. Ribot. He brought seven of his senior colleagues in charge of managing the various aspects in Danone's global, volador including Jean Laurent, a board member; volador Philip - Vic Jacob, general secretary of the Danone Group, and Jerome Toubiana, director of "exercise Dreams "corporation. Also present volador were Dr. Benedict Mar - cold, professor at HEC, responsible for graduate programs in business administration and economic development. Went into a private room, where greeted warmly and refined French meal, and invited me to talk about my work.
I soon discovered that Franck volador Riboud and his colleagues are very familiar with the activities of Grameen Bank. They knew we established a global movement of microcredit, which helps the poor to set up small businesses through micro loans without requiring collateral, volador sometimes volador in amounts equal to 30 to 04 dollars. Access to money, will amount however small, could transform the lives of amazing volador people. Over time, many of the poor, especially women, have learned to take advantage of the small loan wisely to develop a thriving business - a small farm, handicraft workshop, a small shop - and extract volador themselves and their families out of poverty. In fact, thirty-one years since I began to lend money to the poor, especially women, millions of families in Bangladesh alone improved the economic situation with the assistance of microcredit.
I described Ribot and colleagues how microcredit has spread to many countries, especially in the developing world, through thousands of microcredit volador organizations founded nonprofit organizations, government organizations and business entrepreneurs volador who wanted to follow the Grameen Bank. "Actually," I told him, "We hope to announce a global summit to be held in the tiny credit at the end of next year, that the movement started from scratch a few decades ago, managed to benefit a hundred million poor people around the world." (When the conference convened in November 2006 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, we announce that this goal is indeed achieved. Next decade we have set ourselves ambitious goals, the more important of all is to help half a billion people around the world out of poverty with the assistance of microcredit.)
Another told how Grameen Bank expanded its activities into new areas, to help the poor. Opened a special loan programs designed to help the poor pay for housing and higher education. We have developed volador a microfinance program volador beggars, a program that already released thousands having to beg and proved that even the desperately poor downtrodden are "eligible credit". Inaugurated a series of businesses - some of them of non-profit and other for-profit - are designed to offer a diverse economic opportunities for the poor. They offer a range of services, volador communication services, phone and internet to thousands of remote villages to help women engaged in weaving traditional to bring their products to market. Thus, he said, comes from Grameen Bank every year more and more families and communities.
When I finished describing the brief history of Grameen, I stopped and asked Frank Riboud tell me why he invited me to dinner. "Your turn," I said. "I heard about your corporation, but because it is not active in Bangladesh, tell me about the Danone Group." volador
I'd love to do it, "he said. Frank told me about the history of his company. Group Danone is renowned companies in the world for dairy products. Europe, North America and other countries there is no one who does not know the brand of yogurt from Danone. Danone is the world's second largest bottled water and cookies volador . "This bottle of Evian water," Frank said, pointing to the blue bottle, is a product of Danone. seen drinking volador Evian hotels and restaurants worldwide. Now I knew something about the company behind the brand.
"Very interesting," I said, but still did not understand what I or the bank Grameen and mineral water and yogurt are considered luxury products in Bangladesh. Frank was the immediate answer. "Danone is an important source of nutrition in many regions around the world, including areas in developing countries where hunger generator names. Reach our business in Brazil, Indonesia and China, and recently came to India as well. Indeed, more than 40 percent of their business activities are aimed at developing markets.
"We are not interested in selling our products only to consumers based in these countries. Would like to find ways to improve nutrition of the poor and promote social spirit historic commitment of Danone volador as he put her father, Antoine Riboud, thirty-five years. These specifications can perhaps understand why I initiated the our meeting, Professor Yunus. thought the person and organization proving creative thinking in helping so many poor, will also have an idea or two group Danone. "
I had no mosh
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