Promoting microcapitalism in the service of the poor: the Grameen model and i…

The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh serves the country's poor by providing them services intended to help them start their own small businesses and improve their socioeconomic conditions. At present, these integrated financial and social-promotional services are benefiting approximately 12 million Bangladeshi men, women and children. The rural bank's microcapitalistic philosophy and practice, its or…