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Small Loans Big Dreams
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How Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus and Microfinance Are Changing the World
“In Small Loans, Big Dreams, Alex Counts humanizes, through deft storytelling and solid analysis, the borrowers as well as the leaders of the microfinance movement..."
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Alex Counts' journey into microfinance began more than twenty years ago when as a young college student he wrote to Muhammad Yunus asking to join his fascinating work at Grameen Bank. In his new book, Small Loans, Big Dreams, Counts, president and CEO of Grameen Foundation, tells the story of microfinance through the eyes of both the borrowers and the leaders of microfinance in a compelling new book. Available nationwide in April 2008, this new book raises the profile of microfinance by bringing the reader alongside borrowers, lenders and executives through the process of microlending.
"...The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize broadened the awareness of microfinance and Grameen. This book deepens ones understanding of this emerging industry, and lets the reader see that it is about not just transactions, but transformations—of people and of entire economies.”
— PAUL MARITZ, former senior vice president, Microsoft Corporation
“At a time when ‘change’ is the watchword, here is a story of the devotion and tenacity it takes to turn a powerful idea into a powerful reality.”
— JANET McKINLEY, retired chair, The Income Fund of America, Inc.
"This book will renew your belief in the American dream and show that there can be economic liberty and justice for all—here AND abroad! This story must be told and retold—and then updated again as the successes pour in. Please keep fast-forwarding!”
— MIKE ENZI, U.S. Senator, Wyoming
Alex Counts is President and CEO of Grameen Foundation, a nonprofit, Washington, D.C.-based organization that has grown from modest beginnings in 1997 to become a global network of 52 microfinance partners in 22 countries. He trained to be a catalyst for change under Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the founder and Managing Director of the Grameen Bank and corecipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Please refer here often for updated book tour information. More tours will be added as dates are confirmed.
April 7, 2008
Hosted by Seattle University
Albers School of Business
Private VIP Reception
5:30 p.m. - 6:50 p.m.
Seattle University
Location:Pigott Building, Pigott Auditorium
Free & Open to the Public
7:30 p.m. - 9 a.m.
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April 8, 2008
Hosted by Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Location: Rainier Square Conference Center
Rainier Square Atrium
$15 pre-paid ($20 after 4/4)
7 a.m. - 9 a.m.
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Microsoft Research
Location: Microsoft Headquarters
1:30 p.m.
April 24, 2008
Hosted by World Affairs Council of Sonoma County
Location: Fountaingrove Golf Course
Santa Rosa, CA
Luncheon
Reservation required April 17, 2008
Members $24, non-members $29.
12 noon - 2:00 p.m.
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Hosted by The Salon
Location: Sonoma Golf Club
Sonoma, CA
3 p.m.
May 22, 2008
Hosted by AEO National Summit
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County
11999 Harbor Blvd
Garden Grove, CA 92840
10 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.
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May 28, 2008
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
The Rhode Island Foundation
Location: One Union Station
Providence, RI 02903
RSVP by May 23 to Barbara Kahn
June 10, 2008
Hosted by Project Enterprise
Location: The Core Club
66 East 55th Street (Between Madison and Park)
New York, NY 10022
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June 11, 2008
Citi Smith Barney
Hosted by The Cushman Group at Smith Barney
Book Discussion, free admission
Location: New York, NY
6 p.m.
For directions and to RSVP contact Sofia Puente
June 29th, 2008
Hosted by National American South Asian Bar Association
Location: The Westin
909 N. Michigan Avenue Hotel
Chicago, IL 60611
Microfinance Plenary Breakfast
8:00 a.m -9:15 a.m.
Book Booth
8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
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July 9th, 2008
Hosted by Citi Microfinance & Microfinance Club UK
Location: Citigroup Auditorium, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LB
6.30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
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September 4th, 2008
Hosted by Capitol One Bank and Southern Methodist
University's Cox School of Business
Sponsored by The Chiapas Project and PLAN Fund
Location: SMU Cox School of Business’ James Collins Building
3150 Binkley Avenue, Dallas, Texas
6:00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
September 5th, 2008
Hosted by Chiapas Project and PLAN Fund
Roundtable
Location: Dallas, Texas at Noon
September 12th, 2008
REVOLUTION through Social Enterprise Conference
Hosted by Pepperdine University, School of Law
Location: Pepperdine University, Malibu
Graziadio Executive Center
Malibu, CA
September 24th, 2008
Hosted by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Location: Washington D.C.
2 p.m.
September 30th, 2008
Hosted by The Google Cambridge, MA
Location: Five Cambridge Center
4th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
October 8th, 2008
Hosted by the Treasury Executive Institute
Location: Washington D.C.
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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"It is an inspiring read that will also help you develop a deeper understanding about the microfinancing process, so get a copy, read it, and pass it on." Majority Mag
Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Books and Publications : Small Loans Big Dreams
Grameen Foundation uses microfinance and innovative technology to fight global poverty and bring opportunities to the world's poorest people. With tiny loans and financial services, we help the poor, mostly women, start businesses and escape poverty. Our global network of 55 microfinance institution (MFI) partners including our Growth Guarantee partners has touched more than 34 million people in 24 countries. In addition, we introduced and now sustain technology initiatives (Mifos and Village Phone) in Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, bringing our total country outreach to 28.
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