The Launch of Co-Creative Capitalism19 April 2007, Government Leaders Forum Asia organised by Microsoft Corporation in China :
Dr Yunus and Bill Gates urge the Information
Technology (IT) designers to develop IT devices easily affordable by the poor so they could use those for their own economic
development.
"The information technology could play a vital role in changing the fate of the poor around
the world dramatically. If the IT devices are developed at a price that are easily affordable by the poor, they would be important
tools for eradicating poverty," Dr Yunus said.
Prof Yunus and Microsoft giant Bill Gates jointly presented a keynote paper at the forum. Referring to how mobile
phones have already changed rural Bangladesh and their impact on poverty reduction, he said access of the poor to IT devices
has dramatic impact on the poor.
The Grameen Bank chief also focussed on the potential of social business to tackle
the unsolved problems of the world.
Prof Yunus
and Bill Gates participated in a joint question and answer session where they talked about the potential of IT to eradicate
poverty and the ways to address education, health, climate change and other challenges facing humankind.
In Beijing,
Prof Yunus also had a meeting with the Deputy Governor of
the People's Bank of China to discuss the next steps in the establishment of a Grameen Trust-run micro-credit program
in China.
Last year, the People's Bank of China had invited Grameen Trust to start a microcredit program in
Sichuan province. Grameen Trust with its Chinese partner organization, CICETE, is going to launch a Grameen microcredit company
to provide much needed financial services to the poor in Sichuan. | . | .news yunus * China
Ý While such a move
would not be possible under current Bangladeshi law, Yunus suggested China establish a small-credit
market open to private investors, ...cgap.org/press/press_coverage57.php
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Where is the "Muhammad
Yunus" of China?? Where are the wealthy men? I want to work for them if they are setting
up a charity organisation to help the ...home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061016_beggars_in_china_and_peoples_attitude.htm
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Yunus had
discussions and meetings with the minister, senior officials from the State Council, Ministry of Commerce, Peoples' Bank
of China, and China ...www.grameen-info.org/dialogue/dialogue64/China.html
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Special Rerports. Nobel
Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus in Hainan, China. The People's Government of Hainan
Province, China Banking Regulatory Commission, ...www.grameen-info.org/dialogue/dialogue65.66/index.html
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Yunus and
his colleagues came to China to explore ways of replicating the Bangladesh success story. His speech was
very encouraging. ...www.chinagate.com.cn/blog/node_2448233_2.htm
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Jul 19, 2007 ...
Mandela's wife Graca Machel, Bangladeshi banker and economist Muhammad Yunus, China’s
former foreign minister Li Zhaoxing, ...www.efluxmedia.com/news_World_Problems_Still_Concern_Nelson_Mandela_as_He_Turns_89_07130.html
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Oct 24, 2006 ...
Yunus said since Bangladesh and China share a lot in common, they can learn from each other
in poverty alleviation. ...www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/xw/t277939.htm
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