Muhammad Yunus - Creating a Poverty-Free World
Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Grameen Bank, changes traditional principles of banking by putting poor people's needs first. Today, Grameen Bank is a powerful...
View ArticleDr Muhammad Yunus - Reaching the Full Potential of Microfinance
Microfinance, the extension of small loans to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans, has proved to be an effective strategy for raising millions of families from poverty...
View ArticleFazle H. Abed - Thinking Big and Scaling Up
Solving the world's big problems takes large-scale solutions, says Fazle H. Abed, founder of Building Resources Across Communities in Bangladesh. In this audio lecture, Abed outlines the development...
View ArticleMuhammad Yunus - Tech Nation
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and author of "Creating a World Without Poverty."
View ArticleAnders Carlius - Ad-hoc Mesh Networking with GSM
TerraNet hopes to bring cell phones to villages in developing nations. CEO Anders Carlius describes TerraNet's ad hoc GSM mesh networking technology and business model. He envisions local entrepreneurs...
View ArticlePremal Shah - A Wild Ride - Creating a New Marketplace
Kiva has created an online marketplace that allows ordinary citizens through responsible investing to help specific entrepreneurs around the world thrive with as little as $25. How did Kiva get the...
View ArticleOnline Giving Marketplaces - Philanthropy 101 - Online Giving Markets
Online giving marketplaces allow for the transfer of funds from interested donors and lenders to those who need them. In this new philanthropy space, it is as yet, unclear whether the donor is the...
View ArticlePremal Shah - Scaling a Social Enterprise through Crowdsourcing
Kiva has created an online marketplace that allows ordinary citizens to help specific entrepreneurs around the world to thrive with as little as $25. In this Stanford Center for Social Innovation...
View ArticleChetna Gala Sinha - International Development Through Women
Microfinance has become a staple of international development. In this audio interview, Chetna Gala-Sinha talks with Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Sheela Sethuraman about how her...
View ArticleMark Pinsky - Social Enterprise and Community Development
In the social enterprise sector, community development financial institutions have become important vehicles for advancing the well-being of communities through market-based mechanisms. In this audio...
View ArticleJeroo Billimoria - International Development Through Youth
The future of international development may lie in the hands of children. In this audio interview with Sheela Sethuraman, Jeroo Billimoria talks about how her organization, Aflatoun, provides social...
View ArticleMuhammad Yunus - Creating a World Without Poverty
In the world of international development, microcredit has become an increasingly important means of poverty alleviation. In this audio interview, Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent...
View ArticleEric Schmidt - Google's Chrome OS Announced by Eric Schmidt
"Tap and pay" enabling cell phones to replace credit cards -- just one of the innovations Eric Schmidt sees coming soon. As mobile and internet markets grow at exponential rates, Google is building...
View ArticleAbhishek Sinha - Mobile and Branchless Banking
In a country that lacks formal financial services but contains over half a billion cell phone users, two brothers saw a unique opportunity. In this audio interview, Sheela Sethuraman speaks with...
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