Friday, March 6, 2009

Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Microfinance at UNC

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"Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are no strangers to enduring long lines when it comes to getting good seats. Whether it is to see the Homecoming concert, or to win the last few sacred tickets to the Carolina-Duke basketball game, Tar Heels are not easily dissuaded by cold weather and sleep deprivation when duty calls.
"But as students began lining up as early as 5 AM outside of Kenan-Flagler Business School on Wednesday February 4, it was not in hopes of seeing Tyler Hansbrough sink yet another layup. Rather, it was to hear 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus discuss his strategy for the daunting task of alleviating poverty around the
world."
Read the rest of this excellent article from UNC Global News online at:
http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=834&Itemid=94
It has an excellent introduction to microfinance and how the microfinance movement has grown at UNC.