The School of International and Public Affairs
The Earth Institute and
The Microfinance Working Group at SIPA
cordially invite you to the
Second Annual Investcorp Lecture in International Finance and Business
to be given by
Muhammad Yunus
Founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh
Thursday, April 1st
6:00 pm
Kellogg Center
International Affairs Building
420 West 118th Street, 15th Floor
Muhammad Yunus is founder of the Grameen movement, and is responsible for many innovative programs benefiting the world's rural poor. He is considered a pioneer in the field of microcredit, which provides "micro" loans to the poor to serve as a catalyst for improving their socioeconomic status. In Bangladesh today, Grameen Bank has nearly 1,100 branches, with over 12,000 staff members serving two million borrowers in 37,000 villages. Yunus was born in 1940 in Chittagong, the third of fourteen children. He was educated at Chittagong, and received a Fulbright Fellowship to pursue a Ph.D. in Economics at Vanderbilt University. He has served on many committees and commissions dealing with population, health, banking, and international development. He is the recipient of the World Food Prize, the President's Award of Bangladesh, and numerous other awards and distinctions.
All are welcome to attend this event. Please RSVP by March 29th by calling 212-854-8671, or visiting http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/alum/register/. Please enter EVENT TITLE: Investcorp.