How to pronounce “grame” in English

Gramercy Tavern was our second restaurant after 10 years.

Grameen used this. It formed women into groups of borrowers, say five people in a group.

as Grameen Danone ladies to distribute, by also having environmentally friendly making units, and also taking back the surplus yogurts which are not sold.

At Grameen Foundation, we're really passionate about disrupting global poverty.

As Grameen Bank grew, as seed businesses grew, at one point, we became the largest seed seller in the country.

And Grameenphone is an example.

with Grameen Shakti or others do not yet have access to the net.

And Gramercy was a big contributor in this book, and they did it really, really joyfully and willingly, and

But Grameen gradually stopped enforcing the rule of joint liability. And in the year 2001, it did away with it entirely. Joint liability proved not to be necessary. The risk of losing

So Grameen and other micro lenders did not have to worry about identifying collateral or determining credit worthiness. Peer pressure did that job for them. This made giving out

He ran the Grameen Bank.

And so at Grameen Foundation, we're really committed to continuing to find solutions that work for those people.

We at Grameen are very excited about the ability to use technology and information to end extreme poverty and hunger.

Many people know about Grameen.

But talk about Grameen Shakti about not just giving away solar panels but making a business out of it.

We called it Grameen Energy, or Grameen Shakti, in Bengali, to sell solar home system.

All the branches of Grameen America right here, which is the most expensive country in the world, they cover the cost.

Now he's at Gramercy Terrace-- who we lovingly call Hoss.

April Bloomfield: Maialino in Gramercy Park.

Then I went and worked at Grameen Bank.

So it's going to be in Gramercy, Gramercy Park on 27th Street.

They got together and formed this Grameen Danone company, a social enterprise in Bangladesh, to provide a product called Shokti Doi.

Many of you may know Grameen Foundation-- let's see.

We have a program in Grameen Foundation, inappropriately named Bankers Without Borders, because it started in our early days when we were focused primarily on microfinance.

I think one of the things for Grameen Foundation is that we are really looking at sustainable solutions.

Many people do not know about Grameen America.

California has four branches of Grameen America, two in Los Angeles, two here in San Jose and as well Oakland.

We also can look at Grameenphone, which is .

They're working with friends of Grameen.

As we saw in the case of Jain Irrigation Systems or Grameen Danone.

Looking forward, Grameen Foundation is looking to reach 25 million people over the next 25 years and move them sustainably out of poverty.

One of the ways that we're thinking about at Grameen Foundation is particularly with refugees, as they cross borders and are receiving health care, say,

In fact, Grameen America, in my understanding, has already loaned out over $700 million of loans and to thousands and thousands of borrowers

Today, Grameen Bank, within Bangladesh, has over 9 million borrowers.

You've proved it. Grameen America now has proved it right here in the United States.

Most of the people who are borrowing from Grameen Bank in various countries, most of the people involved say with solar power

Initially, Grameen operated under the principle of joint liability. If one person in the group did not repay a loan, then no one else in the group could get another one.

So I moved the show from there to the National Arts Club in Gramercy Park.

So if you want to sign up for a newsletter to learn more about Grameen Foundation, she's the one to see.

30 years later, the work of Grameen Bank, started in that Jobra village, was recognized by the Nobel Committee with a Nobel Prize in peace for Professor Muhammad

We have with us here in the audience the CEO and head of Grameen America, Andrea Jung.

He was attacked. But he founded the Grameen Bank anyway, and he won a Nobel Prize for his work.

I know at one of our restaurants, Gramercy Tavern-- that was our second one to open, in 1994-- I'm always amazed at how carefully the food that goes

I mean, examples in the US are Grameen Foundation USA, Calvert Foundation, Kiva, Deutsche Bank Microcredit Fund, Citibank, Standard Chartered.

And Mike Anthony, the chef at Gramercy Tavern.

And they're talking about all the great projects they've done with the Grameen Foundation, with nursing in the Northern Region as well as all the different solutions that they created.

Suddenly, by mingling at the Gramercy Park Hotel you have all the access in the world to people who have the potential to elevate your profile too. Maybe you want to befriend

Here's a great example of a unique collaboration between the Danone foods group from France and the Grameen group in Bangladesh.

Actually, I'm just coming from San Jose branch of Grameen America right here.