Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914-1999) was a development activist and social scientist credited for pioneering microcredit and microfinance initiatives, farmers' cooperatives, and rural training programmes in the developing world. He also promoted rural development activities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and in other developing countries, and advocated community participation in development. Wikipedia
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Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan (COSS) is Recognising the absence of a professional forum for the social sciences in Pakistan, a group of social scientists got together in the last quarter of 1999 to help establish such a forum for the betterment of www.cosspak.org/ahk.php
Bringing change to this society was the challenge AKHTER HAMEED KHAN accepted in becoming Director of the Comilla Academy for Rural Development. www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationKhanAkh.htm
Akhter Hameed Khan Resource Center (AHKRC), in association with the Rural Support Programmes Network organized a Public Forum on the Topic Rural Micro-Finance. www.ahkrc.net.pk
Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan was the founder of the Orangi Pilot Project in Pakistan. He was a scholar and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Michigan State University. He was also a recipient of the Hilal-e-Pakistan, Sitra-i-Pakistan, and Magsaysay Awards. www.akhtar-hameed-khan.8m.com
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