Yesterday Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the ways in which microcredit has worked to eradicate poverty in the world.  I met him years ago while I was still a bright-eyed international development major at BYU. He is one amazing, quiet but passionate man. In the LDS church we talk about becoming self-sufficient. Far too often international aid is creating a perpetual cycle of need and aid. It doesn’t always create self-sufficiency, but Yunus’s principles do engender independence and sufficiency. I’m so glad that his work is getting the recognition it deserves. Hopefully more people will see the value.