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The Nobel Peace Prize 2006

"for their efforts to create economic and social development from below"
Muhammad Yunus Grameen Bank
Photo: N.A. Mamun  
Muhammad Yunus Grameen Bank
half 1/2 of the prize half 1/2 of the prize
Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
  Founded in 1976
Founder of Grameen Bank
b. 1940  
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