For more than 40 years, Muhammad Yunus has been building a financial system for people who lack sufficient access to the one that already exists. In 2006, the now 78-year old won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as “banker to the poor”.
Muhammad Yunus: Separate financial systems—not charity—will end poverty
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