Grameen Bank sequence

A short micro-lending sequence: lend small amounts without collateral within a face-to-face community, based on trust and intuitive feeling.

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snippable genes
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Small, independent, context-free process sequences that can be inserted individually into mainstream systems and spread through evolution.

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Fundamental change, even in high-profile rigid processes like banking, is possible and has been demonstrated in our time.
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Conclusion drawn from Grameen Bank success that small sequences can change entrenched systems.

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Chapter 20: The Spread Of Living Processes
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This chapter argues that living processes must spread via small, independent morphogenetic sequences (snippable genes), using piecemeal evolution, a gene pool, and a network of interlinked sequences.

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Bank founded by Muhammad Yunus that implements micro-lending without collateral; model of a snippable gene.
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Generative Sequence for Building Structureframework0.707
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Step-by-step generative sequencemethod0.701
The process-oriented approach of applying transformations incrementally over many years.
House–Garden Layout Sequence (garden first)method0.699
The counterintuitive sequence of first locating the garden in the most beautiful place, then placing the house to support it; shows the enormous significance of order even for two steps.
Grameen Bank assets of $400 million, 10 million borrowers in 52 countriesfinding0.699
Scale achieved by Grameen Bank seventeen years after starting, demonstrating massive spread of the small sequence.
Grameen Bank loan failure rate less than 2%finding0.697
Empirical result from Yunus's pilot micro-lending showing extremely low default compared to conventional banks.