Kohinoor, there is Nobel prize for Economics. Loote, isnt being anonymous the greates thing online chat rooms provide? :-) So where I wrote what is up for speculation :-)) Personally I feel that Peace prize was the right category Yunus rather than economics because he hasnt really contributed any economic theory...he started a 'program' that helped people lift themselves out of the poverty. He is a banker, but catering the poor and depending on honor system. It worked like charm and his impact can be felt all over the world. Even Amartya Sen addressed the issue of development and poverty in the thirld world countries but ended up getting Nobel for Economics. I see his work more as economics than Yunus. He is an economist by training, but so what? Way to go Yunus!