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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 what year does Grameen receive a cellular phone license?

2. The program in Pine Bluff, Arkansas is changed from the Grameen Fund to the ___________.

3. Which European government gives the CARD program a poor rating?

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

5. What is the purpose of the non-profit Grameen Shakti?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Grameen Bank begin replication programs?

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

3. What is the definition of a "social entrepreneur"?

4. What is the International Dialogue Program?

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

6. How does Yunus view the role of the entrepreneur?

7. How do micro-credit programs get started in the United States?

8. What is the Grameen Trust?

9. What is Grameen Securities Management Company?

10. What is the Grameen Foundation USA?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following statement in relation to Yunus's specific plans to rid the world of poverty by 2050: "We have created a slavery-free world, a smallpox-free world, an apartheid-free world. Creating a poverty-free world would be greater than all these accomplishments while at the same time reinforcing them. This would be a world that we could all be proud to live in." (Chapter 14, p. 262).

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Yunus's criticism of the World Bank and compare their divergent efforts to help the poor people of the world.

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