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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. In answering a reporter's question, Yunus says he would move the headquarters of the World Bank to where?

2. By March 2003, how many "telephone ladies" does GrameenPhone have selling phone services in villages?

3. Yunus has a new definition of an entrepreneur who is what?

4. Who does the Lakota Fund in South Dakota help?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Yunus believe the government should have in combating poverty?

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

3. What is Grameen Securities Management Company?

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

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

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

7. How does Yunus rate the success of the Grameen programs as he looks back on the first two decades?

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

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

10. What are Grameen Phone and Grameen Telecom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss, using specific examples, what Yunus discovers as he begins to study the poor people in the village of Jobra.

Essay Topic 3

Yunus believes that keeping the dignity of the borrower is imperative to the success of any loan program. Discuss how Grameen has stayed true to its original intent of helping the poor without damaging their dignity. Cite specific examples.

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