“Like navigation markings in unknown waters, definitions of poverty need to be distinctive and unambiguous. A definition that is not precise is as bad as no definition at all.”
― Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
― Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
“I believe that we can create a poverty-free world because poverty is not created by poor people. It has been created and sustained by the economic and social systems that we have designed for ourselves; the institutions and concepts that make up that system; the policies that we pursue.”
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“I profoundly believer, as Grammen's experience over twenty years has shown, that personal gains is not the only possible fuel for free enterprise. Social goals can replace greed as a powerful motivational force. Social-consciousness-driven enterprises can be formidable competitors for the greed-based enterprises. I believe that if we play our cards right, social-consciousness-driven enterprises can do very well in the marketplace.”
― Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
― Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
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