Sources of Information on Grameen Bank

Postal Address:

Grameen Bank Mirpur Two Dhaka - 1216, Bangladesh Fax/Phones: +880 2 803559, +880 2 801138 Email: grameen.bank@grameen.net

Web Sites

• The Grameen Home Page: (http://www.grameen.com, http://www.grameen.org) An extended search utility on Grameen Bank and various enterprises belonging to Grameen family, is available here. You can download the current issues of Grameen Dialogue from this site.
• Microcredit Summit Information (http://titsoc.soc.titech.ac.jp/titsoc/higuchi-lab/icm/summit/microcredit-summit.html) Do an Internet search for RESULTS.
• General Microcredit Info (http://www.accessone.com/~carlp) includes Speech of Dr. Yunus, and other useful links to microcredit information
• Grameen Trust Information (http://www.grameen.com/grameen/gtrust)
• Grameen Foundation, USA Information (http://www.grameenfoundation.org)
• Grameen Uddog Information (http://www.citechco.net/grameen/check) and
• Grameen Uddog E-Commerce Site ("shopping" menu at http://www.grameen.org)
• Grameen Bank Support Group / Australia (http://www.rdc.com.au/grameen)
• Grameen Bank Support Group / Japan (Bisho Volunteer Organization has a website in Japanese URL http://www.yomogi.or.jp/~bisho)
• Grameen Dialogue/Newsletter: Look for the Internet version of the Grameen Dialogue/ Newsletter (current and previous issues): http://www.grameen.com/gtrust/dialogue.html
• Grameen Foundation USA : http://www.grameenfoundation.org
• Peoples Fund for Microcredit Programs: http://www.peoplesfund.com
• CGAP: Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, World Bank, Washington DC : http://www.worldbank.org/html/cgap/cgap.html

For Grameen Information in the United States

Grameen Foundation, USA

The Grameen Foundation is an American organization based in Washington DC. The purpose of Grameen Foundation is firstly, to promote Grameen philosophy and support programmes of Grameen Bank, Grameen Trust and organizations in the Grameen family, secondly, to serve and empower those in the Americas who want to collaborate with Grameen.

International Replication : Funding and Training Information

Grameen Dialogue/Newsletter

A Quarterly Newsletter on Microcredit Published by the Grameen Trust Subscription: US$25

Please contact: Grameen Trust - Mirpur Two, Dhaka-1216 - Bangladesh

Fax: +880 2 803559, +880 2 806319

email: g_trust@grameen.net

website: http;//www.grameen.com/gtrust/dialogue.html

website: http;//www.citechco.net/grameen/trust/dialogue.html

In the US please contact Alex Counts for subscriptions (e-mail: acounts@grameenfoundation.org).

Poverty Newsletter

A Quarterly Newsletter of the Programme for Research on Poverty Alleviation

Published by the Grameen Trust

For subscriptions, please contact the Grameen Trust (<hashemi@grameen.net>).

International Dialogue Programme

Grameen Trust (GT) in collaboration with Grameen Bank organizes International Dialogue Programmes in Bangladesh for potential replicators of the Grameen Bank approach. The Dialogue exposes participants to the philosophy and practical operations of the Grameen Bank. The essentials of the Grameen methodology are discussed with reference to the country context in which replication is proposed. For more information on the Dialogue programme, please visit the web-site : http://www.grameen.com/grameen/gtrust or contact :

Professor H. I. Latifee

Managing Director

Grameen Trust

Mirpur Two, Dhaka 1216

Bangladesh

Fax/Phone: 880 2 806319

email: gt_repli@grameen.com

web site: http://www.grameen.com/grameen/gtrust

Recently Published Books

Autobiography of Professor Muhammad Yunus :

1. French Edition : Vers Un Monde Sans Pauvrete,- L’autobiographie du <<banquier des pauvres>>, J. C.Lattes, Siege Social, 17, rue Jacob, 75006 Paris, 1997, Phone : 33-1-44-41-74-26, Fax : 33-1-43-25-30-47, 33-1-43-26-91-04
2. English Edition : Banker to the Poor, Aurum Press Limited, 25 Bedford Avenue, London WCIB 3AT, U.K., 1998, Phone : 0044 171-637 3225, Fax : 0044 171 580 2469
3. Japanese Edition : Banker to the Poor, Hayakawa Publishing, Inc., 2-2, Kanda-Tacho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Japan, 1998, Phone : (03) 3252-3111, Fax : (03) 3254-1550
4. Italian Edition : IL banchiere dei Poveri, Feltrinelli, Via Andegari 6, 20121 Milano, Italy, 1998, Phone : 0039 2 86463485, Fax : 0039 2 72 00 10 64
5. Spanish Edition : Hacia Un Mundo Sin Pobreza, Andres Bello Publishers, Gorriti 4142 (1172), Buenos, Aires, Argentina, 1998, Phone/ Fax : 54 1 865 8642/4535

Some Books on the Grameen Bank

1996

Alex Counts, Give Us Credit -- How Muhammad Yunus’s Micro-Credit Revolution is Empowering Women from Bangladesh to Chicago, Random House, 1996.

David Bornstein, The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank and the Idea that is Helping the Poor Change their Lives, Simon & Schuster, 1996.

Helen Todd, Women at the Centre: Grameen Bank Borrowers After One Decade, Westview Press, 1996

1995

Susan Holcombe, Managing to Empower: The Grameen Bank’s Experience of Poverty Alleviation, Zed Books, 1995

1994

Gibbons, S David. The Grameen Reader. Dhaka: Grameen Bank, 1994.

Gibbons, S David and Kasim Sukor. Banking On The Rural Poor. Dhaka: Grameen Bank, 1994.

Ainon Mizan, In Quest of Empowerment: The Grameen Bank Impact on Women’s Power and Status, University Press, 1994

1993

Fuglesang, Andreas and Chandler, Dale. Participation as Process - Process as Growth: What We Can Learn From Grameen Bank, Bangladesh. Dhaka: Grameen Trust, 1993.

1991

Yunus, Muhammad. Jorimon and Others: Faces at Poverty. 3^rd ed. Dhaka: Grameen Bank, 1991.

Shehabuddin, Rahnuma. The Impact Of Grameen Bank In Bangladesh. Dhaka: Grameen Bank, 1991.

1987

Ray, Jayanta Kumar. To Chase A Miracle: A Study of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh. Dhaka: University Press Limited, 1987.

Journal Articles and Papers on the Grameen Bank

World Bank Discussion Papers #306, Grameen Bank: Performance and Sustainability, Shahidur R. Khandker, Baqui Khalily, Zahed Khan, October, 1995.