Twenty-Seven Dollars and a Dream: How Muhammad Yunus Changed the World and What It Cost HimTwenty Seven Dollars and a Dream: How Muhammad Yunus Changed the World and What It Cost Him tells the riveting story of Muhammad Yunus's life long struggle to end global poverty. When Muhammad Yunus lent $27 dollars to 42 women in rural Bangladesh, he sparked what became the microcredit movement that has empowered millions of poor women in nearly 100 countries. Yunus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2006, the US Presidential Medal of Freedom