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Each of You Have the Power
to Change the World
Commencement Speech by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on June 6, 2008
Good Morning:
It is a very special privilege for me to speak at the commencement ceremony of this prestigious institution.
What a wonderful feeling to be here today. To be with all of you, some of the brightest minds in the world, right at a moment when you decide the path you will embark on in life. You represent the future of the world. The choices that you will make for yourself will decide the fate of mankind.
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| Special Rerports |
| How to Feed the World |
All the indications show that the current crisis will not be temporary. Unless firm global actions are taken immediately, the crisis will deepen and expand in other directions.
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| Hopes to Reach 100 Million
Poorest This Year |
Microloans to the poor around the world went to 133 million in 2006, up from 13 million just nine years ago, according to a report released in December 2007 by the Microcredit Summit Campaign (MSC).
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| Country Rerports |
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Zambia
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China
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The First MFI with
Zero Portfolio at Risk
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First Loans in Hainan
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USA
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Mexico |
Jobra of America
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GT Conducts Fact Finding Mission in Oaxaca
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Paraguay
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Indonesia |
Grameencredit Welcomed
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GT-IDB Conducts Feasibility Study
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Guatemala
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Kosovo |
Banrural Partners with Grameen
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Success of Grameen Continues
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Egypt
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India
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Microcredit Outreach in Egypt Remains Low
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Raises Repayment Rate at SARS
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Costa Rica
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Haiti |
ACRG Adds 3,000
New Members
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Poorest without Access to Affordable Microcredit
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Jamaica
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Colombia |
Poorest Demand Affordable Microcredit
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First Lady Shows Support to Grameen
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| Bulletine Board |
| Professor Yunus
Honored in Benin
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| Mayor of Houston
Declares January 14 as
Muhammad Yunus Day
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| Professor Muhammad Yunus Discusses
Global Food Crisis with
PM Gordon Brown
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| The Tech Museum Honors Professor Yunus with 2008 Global Humanitarian Award
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| Grameen America Launched
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| Professor Yunus Meets President Sarkozy
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| Professor Yunus Meets President Lula
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| GT's New Office Inaugurated
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