Signature of Change, the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh| 46mins
Director: Mark Aardenburg | Producer: Mark Aardenburg
Focus Years: 1996 | Country: Netherlands
Synopsis:
Bangladesh with its 120 million people is one of the most densely populated countries. It is found in one of the worlds biggest river deltas. Most of the inhabitants, who are mainly Islamic, live in the beautiful countryside. Although very fertile, overpopulation and frequent natural disasters make life a continuing struggle; 85% live below the poverty line. The Bengali professor Muhammad Yunus cares about their fate. In 1983 he founded the Grameen Bank, which lends money to the poor and landless only. Today the Bank works in 35.000 villages and has more than 2 million borrowers, 94% of them are women. During the documentary Professor Yunus tells about the founding, development and future of the Bank. He seems like an impossible mix of socialist and capitalist ideals; a harmony of contradiction. His ambition is to create a poverty free world, for which he indeed set the first steps.
Signature of Change, the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh
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46mins
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