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Muhammad Yunus, Grameen and telecommunication Print E-mail
Friday, 13 October 2006

GrameenThe World Dialogue on Regulation congratulates Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank for winning the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for their pioneering work on micro-credit lending schemes. In addition to Grameen's work on micro-credit in Bangladesh, the bank also introduced the Grameen Village Phone project, an innovative solution to extending telecommunications access to marginal customers. A LIRNEasia study last year looked at the fundamental problem of access to telecommunications -affordability- and analysed Grameen Telecom's solution.

Read the study An Investigation of the Replicability of a Microfinance Approach to Extending Telecommunications Access to Marginal Customers