From modest beginnings three decades ago, Yunus has, first and foremost through Grameen Bank, developed micro-credit into an ever more importantinstrument in the struggle against poverty.
Britain played a significant role in the development of Metop, building the service structure and propulsion modules for all three spacecraft, as well as providing MHS (Microwave Humidity Sounder) - aninstrument that retrieves important information about humidity in the atmosphere - for Metop and its American counterparts.