Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus

male, 69 years old
Grameen foundation, microfinance, Banker to the Poor, microcredit, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Economist…international development, Developmentspecialist
Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and founder of Grameen Bank, has shown himself to be a leader who can translate his vision into powerful...
Paulo Freire

Paulo Freire

male, deceased (1997)
Youth empowerment individuals, from Campinas, São Paulo, popular education, State University of Campinas, sao paulo, Brazilian…Developmentspecialist
Paulo Freire (Recife, Brazil September 19, 1921 - São Paulo, Brazil May 2, 1997) was a Brazilian educator and is a highly influential theorist of e...
Walden Bello

Walden Bello

male, 64 years old
professor, Transnational Institute, Right Livelihood Award, globalisation, University of the Philippines, manila…Developmentspecialist
Walden Bello (born 1945) is a left-wing author, academic, and political analyst. He is a professor of sociology and public administration at the...
John Hatch

John Hatch

male, 69 years old
international development, Dr. John Keith Hatch, Rural Development Services, FINCA International, credit, peace corps…development, Developmentspecialist, economic development
Dr. John Keith Hatch is an American economic development expert and a pioneer in modern day microfinance. He is the founder of FINCA International...
Joseph E. Stiglitz

Joseph E. Stiglitz

male, 66 years old (New York, New York, United States)
free market fundamentalist, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, market fundamentalism, Columbia University, University Professor, Nobel laureate in Economics…international development, Developmentspecialist
Economist Joseph Stiglitz argues that the U.S. government should address the mortgage crisis by providing aid directly to homeowners, rather than...
Akhtar Hameed Khan

Akhtar Hameed Khan

male, deceased (1999)
highest honours, Muslim, Civil decorations of Pakistan, Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge, Nishan-e-imtiaz, Economist…community development, Developmentspecialist, rural development, development, international development
Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914-1999) was a development activist and social scientist credited for pioneering microcredit and microfinance...
Amy Chua

Amy Chua

female, 47 years old
Filipino of Chinese descent, Filipino American writer, Academic, New York Times, market dominant minorities, Chinese Filipino…Developmentspecialist
Amy Chua (born 1962) in the United States, is the John M. Duff, Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She joined the Yale faculty in 2001 after...

George Counts

male, deceased (1974)
Educator, Columbia University faculty, Educationist, American, Developmentspecialist, Alternative education
George Sylvester Counts (b. 1889, d. 1974) was an American educator and influential education theorist.
Moses Coady

Moses Coady

male
Roman Catholic, Rev. Dr. Moses Michael Coady, Alphonse Desjardins, Maritimes, Antigonish Movement, Rural community development…Developmentspecialist
Rev. Dr. Moses Michael Coady. Moses Coady, a Roman Catholic priest, adult educator and co-operative entrepreneur, is best known for his...