Grameen bank Task 2 There are no clues for this activity. In each of the questions there are words in brackets ( ). Decide in each case what these words refer to by selecting the correct answer. 'She couldn't afford to buy the bamboo canes to make the stools, so she had to borrow the money from the bamboo sellers and then pay (them) a large part of the profit from each one she sold.' What does 'them' refer to? 2 the stools the bamboo sellers the bamboo canes 'As Yunus says "I felt ashamed of myself for being part of a society (which) could not provide even twenty-seven dollars to forty-two hardworking, skilled human beings."' What does 'which' refer to? 2 Yunus society feeling ashamed 'The Grameen bank was born, and with (it) a new approach to lending money - 'micro-credit'.' What does 'it' refer to? 1 the new bank a new approach feeling ashamed 'Grameen gives priority to (those) who have nothing, particularly the poorest women.' What does 'those' refer to? 1 people women loans 'The system encourages the borrowers to do practical things to improve their living conditions, health and level of education. (These) are known as the 'Sixteen Decisions' Decisions' which include, for example, not continuing the dowry system, growing fresh vegetables, organising clean drinking water and good sanitation, education for children, and being ready to help each other whenever necessary.' What does 'These' refer to? 3 the borrowers living conditions practical things 'The system encourages the borrowers to do practical things to improve their living conditions, health and level of education. These are known as the 'Sixteen Decisions' Decisions' which include, for example, not continuing the dowry system, growing fresh vegetables, organising clean drinking water and good sanitation, education for children, and being ready to help (each other) whenever necessary.' What does 'each other' refer to? 1 the borrowers the sixteen decisions the children 'The bank now lends over a billion dollars to more than two million borrowers, 96% of (them) women, and involving more than half of the villages in Bangladesh.' What does 'them' refer to? 3 women dollars the borrowers 'Grameen's success in Bangladesh has also shown that the developing world has lessons to teach richer countries like the USA and Britain. Both countries have begun to encourage microcredit schemes based on the Grameen model, in an attempt to deal with (their) own levels of poverty.' What does 'their' refer to? 3 the developing world microcredit schemes the USA and Britain http://c1364652.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/assets_green.swf