Book 81: Banker to the Poor

After reading Behind the Beautiful Forevers and Bright Lights, No City, I wanted to read a bit more about poverty alleviation, specifically through microfinancing.



I figured I should start my reading essentially at the beginning of microfinancing with Muhammad Yunus and Grameen, his Bangladesh-based bank that began with a loan of $27 to a group of poor villagers. This is a great book, and full of hope. I got up from reading it one night after midnight and participated in another loan through Kiva, a worldwide microfinancing/social media organization.