Book Review Of Banker To The Poor By Muhammad Yunus

Logos is used to show logic and persuade an audience by reason. When the author talks about the irony and the reality of imperialism, he compares himself to the figure of a sahib. The comparison to the sahib is a term that was used to name aristocratic rulers. It is an important symbol of their cultural image. British imperialism is a hostile environment and does not justify exploitation by controlling the Burmese people. The story sets the tone of the author’s story to be un-comforting. This story shows his flaws and how he taunts others, even his own people of Burma.

The whimsicality of Jatayu, the youth and innocence of Topshe, the villainy of Meghraj and the intensity and brilliance of Feluda all come together in Ray’s world to make a story that spans generations and has become an integral part of Bengali culture. What is most striking about Ray’s version of the investigator is that he isn’t an im- possible character, Feluda loves sweets, scolds his younger cousin and acts the part of a Bengali gentleman in a way that endears to him to young readers who look up to him as an elder

From a perilous beginning, Bangladesh has attained notable advancements in economic and social development in about four decades. Since it won its independent in 1971 following a bloody war, many, in the international community were doubtful about the country’s long-term economic sustainability. Some observers predicted a state of continuing aid dependency, while others believed if a country with such enormous and innumerable development problems as Bangladesh could make strides in development, then possibly other developing countries could as

The novel “Woman at Point Zero” by Nawal El Saadawi tells the tale of a woman, named Firdaus being interviewed by a journalist before her execution. She is in prison on the charge of murdering a man, in an extremely sexist culture, which has a lot of disparity between men and women. One of the recurring symbols in the novel was that of money. Money was a very negative symbol in the novel, and it was highlighted by Firdaus that one could not possess both money and integrity. Another important appearance it made was in determining how Firdaus would live and it seemed to be the factor, which controlled her life and her movements. Firdaus never found freedom until she made her own money, which showed

At times, one can wonder what drives a person not to want more from life. Yunior is an unmotivated young man, who appears to not have much going for him. He does not have people who encourage him to work hard, or do something better with his life. The people he surrounds himself with are not of good influence on him. “Me and Beto used to steal like mad from these places, two, three hundred dollars of shit in an outing.” (Drown). Only knowing a life of wrong doings.

Muhammad Yunus wrote an essay called The Stool Makers of Jobra Village and in this essay he talks about the villages in Bangladesh, more specifically the village of Jobra. There he experienced the poorest households and was there to see if he could be of any assistance. While there he met a woman named Sufiya Begum and hearing her story really is what set up his journey. He heard her heartbreaking story about how bad the struggle was for her to make money and pay off her weekly loans and it infuriated him. He makes many points in his essay but also shows many emotions and opinion, with that being said you could split his essay up into three categories to see exactly what emotions are there. We will talk about Logos that is the reasoning, Ethos,

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In both developing and emerging economies, microfinance has vastly and increasingly been seen as one of the most important means for enhancing the lives of the poor and therefore a major tool for economic and social development mostly in rural areas. Lately, contrary to this widespread belief, critics have raised eyebrows against this growing popularity of microfinance as a major tool for enhancing economic development. Contrary to belief, they are of the opinion that microfinance is a ‘make-belief’ that is hindering economic and social development rather than enhancing it.

The book, Microfinance and its Discontent: Women in Debt in Bangladesh written by Lamia Karim, gives us account on what causes a culture to be known as “economy of shame” status, such as in the case of Bangladesh. She writes on a subject that is a top list priority in the economical world these days, the corrupt ways NGO’s lenders do business not only in Bangladesh but across the world, however, she centralizes her views on Bangladesh and only a handful of NGO’s. Even though this was primarily a look at Bangladesh, it has resulted in capturing the attention of people across the globe not only with the NGO’s mention in the book but resulting in a closer look at all NGO’s and how they serve the people. Karim shares with the readers how the 1980’s nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) led in the way of microfinance institutions and claimed that they were providing women with an empowerment tool by issuing them loans. We find that over 80% of borrows are women and most are economically challenged already. With that being stated Karim also takes a look at how and why that is, she discusses the long term effects it is having on women and how it is furthering the exploitation of women in Bangladesh. She looked at how this type of exploitation has not only weakened further women’s economy in Bangladesh but has also strengthen the power NGO’s have over the people (mainly women) at the same time. It takes a look at this type of expansion and brands NGO’s use as a “shadow state

Yunus did a fine job at shaping his credibility. From the beginning of the passage, and throughout, we are explained how the author relates to this topic. He is a professor at a local university and he likes to visit the poor village to “see how [he] could help them directly in any way.” (Yunus 370) He figures out how to help them directly by giving some of the villagers money and letting them pay him back in time. After doing this, he tries to get the bank to give a loan to the village, but the amount is too small for the bank to allow it. Tunus knows that it only takes so many pennies for some of these families to start investing, so that’s what he wants to give them. It is his audacity to give the villagers that money and his countless conversations with personnel at the bank, that prove his devotion to this cause. His devotion becomes infectious and the reader becomes more and more interested in the problem at hand, relating to it as much as they

n this weeks lecture “Millennial Development”, Professor Fatmir Haskaj brought up various critical questions of poverty. Two key points in this weeks lecture are ‘measuring poverty’ and ‘globalized microfinance’. Professor Fatmir Haskaj touched on the reading of “Measuring Poverty” by Angus Deaton. This author mentioned there are many ways poverty has been measured throughout time. However, Professor Fatmir Haskaj noted that these were made a long time ago and so they are not up to date to what poverty is now. Poverty has no one definition nor does it have a definitive cause. There are many factors that go into what causes poverty. One that professor mentioned is that the poor subsidize the rich and thus the poor create poverty jobs. In another

Having grown up in a small town in China in the 1990s, I witnessed many people’s lives were completely changed thanks to economic development. As one of the beneficiaries of China’s fast economic growth, I’ve been longing for a career that will allow me to help to understand development issues and solve poverty in poorer countries since I was a kid. Therefore, the World Bank’s twin goals of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity strongly resonate with me. It has been a dream for me to be part of the World Bank family. Now after years of graduate study and work experience, I have accumulated the knowledge, technical skills and professional experience to make real contributions to the mission of solving global poverty. I believe I will be an ideal candidate for the Young Professionals program because I will bring to the World Bank community my great passion for international development, strong analytical skills in economics and my perspectives on development based on prior work experience in developing Asia.

At the beginning when Muhammad Yunus first introduced the idea of lending money to the poor people, there was a lot of apprehensiveness and skepticism among conventional banks because poor people

To cite the saying that social entrepreneurship is the best way to help people in need, we would like to provide an outstanding example of social enterprise which is Grameen Bank. Grameen Bank was officially founded in 1983 by Muhammad Yunus and it provides small loans, rather than charity, to the poorest of the poor especially women in Bangladesh. This indeed provides an opportunity for the people to transform their lives. In 2006, Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank for their efforts to create economic and social

Building Social Business is a book about social enterprise written by Muhammad Yunus. Muhammad Yunus is a social entrepreneur, economist, banker, and civil servant leader from Bangladesh. He is known for founding the Grameen Bank which is a microfinance organization and community development bank. Yunus is a well-known proponent of microfinance and microcredit. Due to his efforts in making a change through microfinance and microcredit and other noble causes, Yunus has been given several awards including the Independence Day Award in 1987, World Food Price in 1994, Pfeffer Peace Price also in 1994, Gandhi Peace Price in 2000, Volvo Environment Prize in 2003, Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009, Congressional