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Article

1 Sep 2004

Author:
Muhammad Yunus, founder & managing director, Grameen Bank

Grameen Bank's Struggling (Beggar) Members Programme

The Struggling (Beggar) Members Program is a new initiative taken by Grameen Bank to confront a sustained campaign that microcredit cannot be used by the people belonging to the lowest rung of poverty, as well as to reinforce the Bank's campaign that credit should be accepted as a human right.