Civics: Assignment #4

Directions: Watch the video below and take notes.  Answer all the questions.  Write a well developed paragraph for each. Use specific references to the film to support your answers. (No pencil / No fuzzies)

The Women’s Bank of Bangladesh

• What ware the causes of poverty in Bangladesh? How did the moneylenders make the situation worse?
• What were the origins of the Grameen Bank? How does it work? Why does the bank only loan to women?
• What some of are the criticisms leveled against the Grameen bank?
• How do micro loans empower and transform?