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By Tom Rivers
London
13 October 2006
 
 
Muhammad Yunus waves to well-wishers at his home in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct.13, 2006
  
Muhammad Yunus and the Bangladesh bank he set up 30 years ago have been jointly 1 awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.


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Muhammad Yunus, dubbed 2 the "banker to the poor," has been awarded this year's top Nobel honor, along with the bank he established in 1976.


What Yunus struck upon was a key tool in the fight against poverty, the issuing of so-called micro-credit; credit given to those too poor to qualify for traditional loans.
 


Chairman of Norwegian Nobel Committee, Ole Danbolt Mjoes, holds up photograph  showing Muhammad Yunus  
  
In Oslo, Nobel Committee head Ole Danbolt Mjoes says Yunus has been inspirational in transforming lives through his credit plan which in turn also serves to build democracy and strengthens human rights.


"Muhammad Yunus has shown himself to be a leader who has managed to translate visions into practical action for the benefit of millions of people, not only in Bangladesh, but also in many other countries," he said. "Loans to poor people without any financial security had appeared to be an impossible idea. From modest beginnings three decades ago, Yunus has first and foremost through Grameen Bank, developed micro-credit into an ever more important instrument in the struggle against poverty. Grameen bank has been a source of ideas and models for the many institutions in the field of micro-credit that have sprung up around the world."


In his tireless effort to root out poverty, Yunus gives out credit to poor people without security. His Grameen Bank now has some 6.5 million borrowers, most of them women.


In addition, his bank also gives out nearly 30,000 scholarships to poor students annually 3.


His aim is to empower a whole new generation of men and women and his model is being adapted elsewhere.


The Grameen Foundation now has a network of 52 partners in 22 countries helping 4 millions in Africa, the Americas and in the Middle East.



ad.联合地,共同地
  • Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
  • She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 );把…称为;配音;复制
  • Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
  • Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的? 来自《简明英汉词典》
adv.一年一次,每年
  • Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
  • They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
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