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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yunus stresses in his speech that the Microcredit Summit is not what?
(a) A think tank.
(b) A significant agent of change.
(c) A fundraising event.
(d) A historical event.

2. What is the purpose of the non-profit Grameen Shakti?
(a) Developing literacy programs.
(b) Providing clean water.
(c) Providing health care.
(d) Developing sources of renewable energy.

3. According to Yunus, poverty is not created by ____________.
(a) Governments.
(b) The poor.
(c) Structures of society.
(d) Capitalists.

4. An independent investigator finds the average rate of return for CARD borrowers is what?
(a) 18 percent.
(b) 117 percent.
(c) 97 percent.
(d) 78 percent.

5. Simply by being a shareholder in the Grameen Bank, members receive what?
(a) Healthcare.
(b) Loan insurance.
(c) Pension funds.
(d) Dividends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under the traditional orthodoxy of economics, all investment money is locked into what category?

2. An independent investigator finds what percentage of CARD members use their loans for income-generating activities?

3. In many Third World countries, the overwhelming majority of people make their living through what?

4. There is a long tradition of what craft that was once in high demand in Bangladesh?

5. Who funds the fisheries project before Grameen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Yunus encounter with the U.S. welfare system?

2. What is the problem between Grameen and the World Bank?

3. What problems does the Grameen fishery project encounter in the first years?

4. What is the Grameen Foundation USA?

5. What does Yunus believe is the best way to help control population size?

6. What problems does Yunus find with resource allocation in Bangladesh?

7. What problems does Grameen encounter in the early 1990s?

8. What is the definition of a "social entrepreneur"?

9. What is Grameen Securities Management Company?

10. How does Yunus view the role of the entrepreneur?

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