| Foreword by H.R H. The Prince of Wales xv |
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| Part 1: BEGINNINGS 1940-76 |
| | | Jobra Village: from Textbook to Reality |
| | | The World Bank, Washington, DC, November 1993 |
| | | 20 Boxirhat Road, Chittagong |
| | | Through the Viewfinder: Boyhood Passions |
| | | Campus Years in the US, 1965-72 |
| | | Marriage and the War of Liberation, 1967-71 |
| | | Chittagong University, 1972-74 |
| | | Farming: the Three-Share Farm Experiment, 1974-76 |
| | | Banking: Climbing the Prison Walls of Collateral, 1976 |
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| Part II: EXPERIMENTAL PHASE 1976-78 |
| | | Who Lend to Women rather than to Men? |
| | | Reaching Women Borrowers |
| | | Women Bank Workers |
| | | The Delivery System: the Mechanics of Joining |
| | | The Repayment Mechanism: the World Upside Down |
| | | A Comparison with Conventional Banks |
| | | Grameen as an Experimental Branch of the Agricultural Bank, 1977-79 |
| | | Eid-Ul Fitr, 1977 |
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| PART III: CREATION 1978-90 |
| | | Taking our Time at the Start 1979-83 |
| | | Against the Mind-Set |
| | | Natural Disasters: Our Other Enemies |
| | | Training Grameen Staff |
| | | Birth of Grameen as a Separate Corporate Entity, 1982-83 |
| | | Full Independence of the Bank, 1985-90 |
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| PART IV: REPLICATING THE GRAMEEN PRINCIPLE |
| | | International Replications |
| | | The US Urban Experience |
| | | The US Rural Experience |
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| PART V: PHILOSOPHY |
| | | Discovering Economics: the Social Consciousness- Driven Free Market |
| | | Self-Employment |
| | | What Role for Educating and Training the Poor? |
| | | On the Population Problem |
| | | Poverty : the Missing Issue in Economics |
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| PART VI: NEW HORIZONS 1990-97 |
| | | The Housing Loans: a Great Success Story |
| | | Health and Retirement |
| | | Grameen Check: Weavers are Back in Fashion |
| | | Grameen Fisheries Foundation |
| | | Grameen Phone: Technology for the Poor |
| | | The Grameen Trust: the People’s Fund |
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| PART VII: A NEW WORLD |
| | | A World That Will Assist the Poorest |
| | | World Micro-Credit Summit: to Reach 100 million by the Year 2005 |
| | | A Poverty-Free World: How and When? |
| | | What Would it be Like? |
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| Appendix I: A Look at the Balance Sheet |
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| Appendix II: Analysis of Some of the Most Popular Grameen Loans |
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| Appendix III: The Grameen Family of Companies |
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