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Iqbal Quadir: The power of the mobile phone to end poverty

Iqbal Quadir tells how his experiences as a kid in poor Bangladesh, and later as a banker in New York, led him to start a mobile phone operator connecting 80 million rural Bangladeshi -- and to become a champion of bottom-up development.

English
  • Originally Aired January 16, 2007
  • Runtime 17 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network YouTube
  • Created October 20, 2013 by
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  • Modified February 14, 2025 by
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Name Type Role
Iqbal Quadir Guest Star