Social SciencesDevelopment StudiesEntrepreneurshipDevelopment EconomicsRural DevelopmentWomen EntrepreneurshipDevelopment BanksDevelopment OrganizationsPovertyGendered PovertyPoverty Alleviation EntrepreneurshipPoverty EconomicsPoverty Reduction ImpactRural Women's EmpowermentWomen EmpowermentWomen's Poverty
![Figure][1] Muhammad Yunus is founder and managing director of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, where he has created innovative entrepreneurial programs to benefit the rural poor. He was appointed to the International Advisory Group for the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (1993 to