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Thursday, May 25, 2006
Professor Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh delivers a speech after being awarded for an innovative approach to poverty in Bangladesh with the creation of the microcredit movement reaching out to millions of poor women.
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Father of microcredit

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Muhammad Yunus's blend of capitalism and social responsibility has shifted the way rural economic and social development works. Host Kai Ryssdal talks with Yunus about microcredit and why it's been so successful over the last 32 years.

Photo: Fabrice Coffrini © AFP/Getty Images

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