Muhammad Yunus, founder of The Grameen Bank, has just won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his scheme to give loans to the poor. Is it all it's cracked up to be? Eoin Gleeson reports Muhammad Yunus, the ...

“Microfinance” comprises financial services, the most familiar of which are loans of $50 to $1500 that enable the borrower to launch or expand a business. In Bangladesh, many microfinance programs are ...