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Banker to the Poor: The Autobiography of Muhammad Yunus Study Guide

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by Muhammad Yunus
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Chapter 2, A Bengali in America Summary and Analysis

Yunus always thinks of himself as a teacher. When he finishes his studies at the local college, he accepts a teaching post in economics at the age of twenty-one. He holds this position from 1961 until 1965. He also begins a packaging and printing business with his father's assistance at this time. He applies for and receives a loan from the Industrial Bank and establishes a successful business that employs one hundred people. Dula Mia is the chairman of the board and is very leery of borrowing from a bank and makes Yunus repay the loan early. The bank offers them an additional loan for a paper plant but Dula Mia will not accept it.

Even though Yunus now has a successful business, he still wants to.....

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