A.4 Web sites

Grameen Bank Web sites

Grameen Bank
http://www.grameen.org or http://www.grameen.com

Grameen Cybernet Ltd.
http://www.citechco.net

GrameenPhone Ltd.
http://www.grameenphone.com

Grameen Trust
http://www.grameen.org/grameen/gtrust

The People's Fund
http://www.peoplesfund.org/main.html

First-hand account of the development of the Village Phone concept (by Mr. Iqbal Z. Quadir)
http://www.devmedia.org/documents/ACF1055%2Ehtm

Press Releases Referring to GrameenPhone or Grameen Telecom

IFC Invests In Bangladesh's GrameenPhone (July 1999)
http://www.ifc.org/pressroom/Archive/1999/00_02/00_02.html

ADB Helps Finance Nationwide Cellular Telephone System in Bangladesh (January 1998)
http://www.adb.org/News/1998/nr006-98.asp

Telenor: GrameenPhone signs long-term international loan agreement
http://www.telenor.com/display.cfm?m=5&s1=1&file=PressDetail.cfm&id=72

Micro-credit Web sites

Calmeadow (site includes extensive links to micro-credit organizations around the world)
http://www.calmeadow.com

Micro-credit Summit Homepage
http://www.microcreditsummit.org

Virtual Library on Micro-credit
http://www.soc.titech.ac.jp/icm

Eldis Links on Micro-credit (British Library for Development Studies)
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/mcprofile.htm

Other Related Links

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca

TeleCommons Development Group
http://www.telecommons.com

GSM Info Online – Bangladesh
http://www.gsmworld.com/gsminfo/cou_bd.htm

Bangladesh 2020: A Long-Run Perspective (extensive World Bank publication available online)
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/...

Grameen Phone: Empowering the Poor through Connectivity (excellent December 1999 article)
http://www.cisp.org/imp/december_99/12_99camp.htm

Bikash - A Rural Women's Project in Bangladesh (Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development)
http://www.foundation.novartis.com/women_bangladesh.htm

Bottle of Promise: What's wrong with wireless local loop?
http://www.teledotcom.com/410/features/tdc410_bottle.html

With and Without Wires
http://www.teledotcom.com/0198/opinion/tdc0198purchasing.html

Death of Distance: How the Communication Revolution will Change our Lives
http://www.deathofdistance.com

Eldis Links on Gender (British Library for Development Studies)
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/gcountry.htm

Federal Standard 1037C: Glossary of Telecommunications Terms
http://glossary.its.bldrdoc.gov/fs-1037

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