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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. Who do Arkansas state officials first introduce Yunus to in the preliminary steps of finding Grameen borrowers?
(a) Single mothers.
(b) Homeless men.
(c) Welfare recipients.
(d) Small business owners.

2. What percentage of the aid money given to Bangladesh is estimated to actually be spent in the country?
(a) 45 percent.
(b) 85 percent.
(c) 75 percent.
(d) 25 percent.

3. Which of the following is NOT a problem encountered by the Grameen fisheries project?
(a) Natural disasters.
(b) Complete failure of the project.
(c) Government oposition.
(d) Leftist militant oposition.

4. How many children around the world die each day from hunger-related diseases?
(a) 350,000.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 3,500.
(d) 35,000.

5. How many total branches does the Grameen Bank have by the end of the book?
(a) 180,000.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 1,181.
(d) 1,100.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much grant money does Grameen receive through the World Bank CGAP program?

2. Yunus believes one of the best ways to alleviate poverty is to encourage __________________.

3. Who is the president of the Grameen Foundation USA?

4. Critics often argue that ____________ does not contribute to the economic development of a country.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Grameen Securities Management Company?

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

4. According to Yunus, what role does free trade play in poverty relief?

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

6. What is Yunus's view of how to end poverty in the world?

7. What is the International Dialogue Program?

8. How does the Grameen Bank begin replication programs?

9. What are Grameen Phone and Grameen Telecom?

10. How does Grameen give its staff leeway to be creative with loans?

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