Bangladesh’s Yunus ‘banker to the poor’, pushing democratic reform

After a life dedicated to fighting extreme poverty, Bangladesh’s 85-year-old Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is set to end his biggest mission. Yunus will hand over the reins of power to an elected government after 18 months as caretaker leader, steering the nation of 170 million people through peaceful elections after one of its most […] The post Bangladesh’s Yunus ‘banker to the poor’, pushing democratic reform appeared first on Digital Journal.