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One afternoon in 1976 an economics professor, taking a walk in a village in Bangladesh, met a poor woman. The woman was trying to support herself by constructing and selling bamboo stools. She earned two cents a day. When the professor asked her why her profit was so low, she explained that the only person who would lend her money to buy bamboo was the trader who purchased her final product and the price he set barely covered her costs. The professor's instinct was to open his wallet and give her some money. Then he had another thought: Why not give her a loan?
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- EditorialSimon & Schuster
- Año de publicación1999
- ISBN 10 0684870495
- ISBN 13 9780684870496
- EncuadernaciónTapa blanda
- Número de páginas372
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The Price of a Dream
Librería: The Oregon Room - Well described books!, Phoenix, OR, Estados Unidos de America
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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Tight binding with no spine creases, mild wear, no markings, not a remainder. Nº de ref. del artículo: a729
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Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank and the Idea That Is Helping the Poor to Change Their Lives.
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Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1999
ISBN 10: 0684870495
ISBN 13: 9780684870496
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Librería: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, Estados Unidos de America
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Paperback. First Edition Thus (1999), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only a hint of wear to extremities with the faintest crease near the lower front corner; the binding shows very slight lean, while remaining perfectly secure; text clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the very mildest wear and a minor cosmetic imperfection. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9 x 6 x 1 inches). 370 pages. Index. Language: Englsih. Weight: 21.5 ounces. Trade Paperback. More than just a casual pass through Bangladesh to investigate Grameen Bank, the micro-credit phenomenon started a quarter century ago by Muhammad Yunus, The Price of a Dream puts a human face on the poor of this impoverished Asian country, formerly known as East Pakistan, where there are tens of millions of families so impoverished that one cannot begin to understand the depth of their deprivation. Bornstein weaves a mesmerizing pattern of the richness of Bangladeshi life amid trying circumstances. How people cope, how they react to successes and disasters, how they work to pull themselves up economically and socially: every thread is pulled through the loom in due course to render a true and clear representation of lives on the ragged edge. Thanks to loans from Grameen, millions of families have been able to hem that edge, one stitch at a time, to finish off their piece of cloth. Micro-credit empowers the unempowered. No one has described that process better than David Bornstein. First Edition Thus (1999), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Nº de ref. del artículo: 56924
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