Muhammad Yunus, Micro Lender

Micheline Pelletier / Corbis

Target Demographic
After discovering that money loaned to men often seemed to wind up in the pockets of saloonkeepers, Yunus began lending almost exclusively to women. Although the loan recipients don't sign contracts, the women face public shaming if they don't repay — so they do it almost 99% of the time.

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