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Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

Book by Muhammad Yunus · 4 quotes · Poor, Poverty, Development

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“Even today we don't pay serious attention to the issue of poverty, because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people distance themselves from the issue by saying that if the poor worked harder, they wouldn't be poor.”

“Th direct elimination of elimination of poverty should be the objective of all development aid. Development should be viewed as a human rights issue, not as a question of simply increasing the gross national product (GNP).”