Grameen Bank

Bank and microfinancer in Bangladesh

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2023 The Sixteen Decisions were updated to Eighteen Decisions, reinforcing the bank's social and community-oriented principles for borrowers.
2021 Bank expanded its coverage to 81,678 villages out of 87,223 total villages in the country, achieving approximately 94% national coverage. Cumulative loan disbursements exceeded 2.5 trillion taka (US$33.767 billion).
2010 Government's ownership of the bank dropped to a single-digit percentage.

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Muhammad Yunus

Chief Adviser of Bangladesh

Microfinance

Provision of microloans to small scale entrepreneurs and small businesses

University of Chittagong

Public university in Bangladesh