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Part 1: BEGINNINGS 1940-76

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Jobra Village: from Textbook to Reality

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The World Bank, Washington, DC, November 1993

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20 Boxirhat Road, Chittagong

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Through the Viewfinder: Boyhood Passions

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Campus Years in the US, 1965-72

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Marriage and the War of Liberation, 1967-71

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Chittagong University, 1972-74

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Farming: the Three-Share Farm Experiment, 1974-76

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Banking: Climbing the Prison Walls of Collateral, 1976

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Part II: EXPERIMENTAL PHASE 1976-78

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Who Lend to Women rather than to Men?

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Reaching Women Borrowers

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Women Bank Workers

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The Delivery System: the Mechanics of Joining

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The Repayment Mechanism: the World Upside Down

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A Comparison with Conventional Banks

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Grameen as an Experimental Branch of the Agricultural Bank, 1977-79

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Eid-Ul Fitr, 1977

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PART III: CREATION 1978-90

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Taking our Time at the Start 1979-83

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Against the Mind-Set

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Natural Disasters: Our Other Enemies

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Training Grameen Staff

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Birth of Grameen as a Separate Corporate Entity, 1982-83

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Full Independence of the Bank, 1985-90

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PART IV: REPLICATING THE GRAMEEN PRINCIPLE

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International Replications

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The US Urban Experience

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The US Rural Experience

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PART V: PHILOSOPHY

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Discovering Economics: the Social Consciousness- Driven Free Market

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Self-Employment

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What Role for Educating and Training the Poor?

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On the Population Problem

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Poverty : the Missing Issue in Economics

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PART VI: NEW HORIZONS 1990-97

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The Housing Loans: a Great Success Story

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Health and Retirement

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Grameen Check: Weavers are Back in Fashion

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Grameen Fisheries Foundation

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Grameen Phone: Technology for the Poor

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The Grameen Trust: the People’s Fund

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PART VII: A NEW WORLD

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A World That Will Assist the Poorest

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World Micro-Credit Summit: to Reach 100 million by the Year 2005

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A Poverty-Free World: How and When?

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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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How to Contact the Grameen Bank
www.grameen.com

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