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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. As GrameenPhone is launched, Bangladesh has one phone per _______ inhabitants.
(a) 5000.
(b) 250.
(c) 400,000.
(d) 300.

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

3. Where is Professor David Gibbons teaching when he meets Yunus at a conference near Dhaka?
(a) Malaysia.
(b) Bangladesh.
(c) Philippines.
(d) Canada.

4. Like many Bengalis of his generation, Yunus is influenced by what kind of economics?
(a) Keynesian.
(b) Macro.
(c) Marxist.
(d) Micro.

5. Grameen Bank II requires all borrowers to contribute _______ into a pension fund each month.
(a) 500 takas.
(b) 15 takas.
(c) 5 takas.
(d) 50 takas.

Short Answer Questions

1. In over two decades of existence, how many years does Grameen Bank not turn a profit?

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

3. How many villages does Grameen operate in by the year 2000?

4. At an annual workshop held by the Grameen Bank in 1982, what proposal is drawn up?

5. What is the source of power for the cellular phones in the villages of Bangladesh?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Grameen offer skill training?

2. What is the Grameen Trust?

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

4. Why does the Grameen Bank insist loans must be repaid even in the event of a disaster?

5. Who are mirco-credit programs designed to reach?

6. What is Yunus's view of the need for Internet access in poor communities?

7. How does the Grameen Bank begin replication programs?

8. What kind of loans does Grameen give now that it is an established world entity?

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

10. Where are Grameen-like programs established around the world?

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