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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the association responsible for forming Grameen replication programs started by Professor Gibbons?

2. The first Microcredit Summit was held in what year?

3. By the end of the book, what percentage of Grameen Bank does Bangladeshi government own?

4. How many ponds does the fisheries project consist of by 1988?

5. Where is Professor David Gibbons teaching when he meets Yunus at a conference near Dhaka?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the International Dialogue Program?

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

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

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

7. Why doesn't Grameen offer skill training?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Yunus's concept of the socially conscious entrepreneur and what he believes should be the third sector of the economy.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the Grameen loan program is structured and discuss how that structures goes against all traditional loan programs.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay based on this statement: "The more money we lent to poor women, the more I realized that credit given to a woman brings about change faster than when given to a man," (Chapter 5, pp. 71-72).

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