(2006-10-16) Grameen Nobel Peace Prize

MuhammadYunus and the Grameen Bank he created won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for the MicroLending program. Though it is not the first time the committee has chosen to honor Economic Development as a contribution to World Peace, rather than the more usual diplomacy, rights advocacy or philanthropy, it is the first time the prize has been awarded to a profit-making (For Profit) business.

Tom Evslin gives his own perspective. An older piece notes how Village Computing initiatives support EGov initiatives which Route Around corruption.