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OFID Award 2008
Bangladesh
| Financing Type | Grants |
| Category | Research and similar intellectual activities |
| Focus Area | Multisectoral |
| Approved | 18.06.2008 |
| Signed | 18.06.2008 |
| Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund for International Development |
| Organization | GRAMEEN BANK |
| OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.10 |
Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director of the Grameen Bank Bhavan has been chosen to receive the OFID Award 2008 in recognition of the ingenious initiative to introduce micro-financing to give the poorest of the poor in Bangladesh the necessary financial resources become self-dependent and to sustain human development.