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Tables of Contents for Banker to the Poor
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales
xv
Author's Preface
xvii
PART I: BEGINNINGS 1940-76
Jobra Village: from Textbook to Reality
3
10
The World Bank, Washington, DC, November 1993
13
14
20 Boxirhat Road, Chittagong
27
7
Through the Viewfinder: Boyhood Passions
34
5
Campus Years in the US, 1965-72
39
7
Marriage and the War of Liberation, 1967-71
46
12
Chittagong University, 1972-74
58
6
Farming: the Three-Share Farm Experiment, 1974-76
64
9
Banking: Climbing the Prison Walls of Collateral, 1976
73
14
PART II: EXPERIMENTAL PHASE 1976-78
Why Lend to Women rather than to Men?
87
6
Reaching Women Borrowers
93
6
Women Bank Workers
99
5
The Delivery System: the Mechanics of Joining
104
6
The Repayment Mechanism: the World Upside Down
110
8
A Comparison with Conventional Banks
118
5
Grameen as an Experimental Branch of the Agricultural Bank, 1977-79
123
6
Eid-Ul Fitr, 1977
129
8
PART III: CREATION 1978-90
Taking our Time at the Start, 1979-83
137
11
Against the Mind-Set
148
8
Natural Disasters: Our Other Enemies
156
4
Training Grameen Staff
160
8
Birth of Grameen as a Separate Corporate Entity, 1982-83
168
8
Full Independence of the Bank, 1985-90
176
5
PART IV: REPLICATING THE GRAMEEN PRINCIPLE
International Replications
181
14
The US Urban Experience
195
6
The US Rural Experience
201
12
PART V: PHILOSOPHY
Discovering Economics: the Social Consciousness-Driven Free Market
213
9
Self-Employment
222
3
What Role for Educating and Training the Poor?
225
5
On the Population Problem
230
3
Poverty: the Missing Issue in Economics
233
7
PART VI: NEW HORIZONS 1990-97
Introduction
239
1
The Housing Loans: a Great Success Story
240
3
Health and Retirement
243
4
Grameen Check: Weavers are Back in Fashion
247
5
Grameen Fisheries Foundation
252
7
GrameenPhone: Technology for the Poor
259
5
The Grameen Trust: the People's Fund
264
7
PART VII: A NEW WORLD
A World That Will Assist the Poorest
271
5
World Micro-Credit Summit: to Reach 100 million by the Year 2005
276
6
A Poverty-Free World: How and When?
282
5
What Would it be Like?
287
4
Appendix I: A Look at the Balance Sheet
291
8
Appendix II: Analysis of Some of the Most Popular Grameen Loans
299
4
Appendix III: The Grameen Family of Companies
303
2
How to Contact the Grameen Bank
305
2
Index
307