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Friday, 3 October, 2008

'Social business' could end poverty one small loan at a time

“Social business” can change the world by ending poverty, according to 2006 Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus. Yunus was in Geneva for the World Microfinance Forum. World Radio Switzerland’s Alex Helmick was at the forum and has this report.

Muhammad Yunus won a 2006 Nobel Prize for his work on microfinancing, giving small loans to some of the world’s poorest people to help them become entrepreneurs. (KEYSTONE)

Yunus explains his microfinance program helping beggers

— Alex Helmick, World Radio Switzerland

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