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Muhammad Yunus, born on June 28, 1940, is a renowned entrepreneur, economist, and philanthropist from Bangladesh. He is best known for founding Grameen Bank, which provides microloans to the poor to help them start businesses and improve their lives. For his work, Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.

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“People need such a small amount of money to deal with their own daily life. Because wherever I went to school they taught me about millions of dollars. I dealt with billions of dollars in national plans and investment plans and so on. Not this tiny money, $27 for 42 people.”

People Needs School Deals Millions Plans Taught Amount Dollars Investment Billions Tiny Daily Life Small Amounts

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“The able bodied poor don't want or need charity.... All they need is financial capital.”

Want Needs Able Poor Charity Financial

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

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

“Civilization has given us enormous successes: going to the moon, technology. But then this is the civilisation that took us to debt, environmental crisis, every single crisis. We need a civilization where we say goodbye to these things.”

Needs Given Technology Civilization Moon Crisis Environmental Debt Enormous Goodbye Civilisation Saying Goodbye Environmental Crisis

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“Credit markets were originally created to serve human needs; to provide businesses and individuals with capital to start or expand businesses or fulfill other financial needs.”

Needs Humans Individual Financial Credit Human Needs

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“To overcome poverty and the flaws of the economic crisis in our society, we need to envision our social life. We have to free our mind, imagine what has never happened before and write social fiction. We need to imagine things to make them happen. If you don't imagine, it will never happen.”

Ifs Needs Writing Mind Happens Social Fiction Poverty Imagine Happened Economic Overcoming Crisis Our Society Flaws Social Life Economic Crisis

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“What we need is to think strategically about development, analyzing a country's potential role in its region and the world in search of opportunities for growth. Platforms like the Global Social Business Summit can facilitate the process on bringing about change.”

Thinking World Needs Country Opportunity Social Process Growth Roles Development Regions Platforms Summit Facilitate Analyzing Social Business

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human society - how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery, deprivation and despair.”

Source: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

“Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong in their seeds. Simply, society never gave them the base to grow on. All it needs to get the poor people out of poverty for us to create an enabling environment for them. Once the poor can unleash their energy and creativity, poverty will disappear very quickly.”

People Needs Energy Grows Poor Poverty Creativity Environment Seeds Disappear Poor People Enabling Bonsai

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“In this world of plenty, a tiny baby, who does not yet understand the mystery of the world, is allowed to cry and cry and finally fall asleep without the milk she needs to survive.”

World Needs Doe Fall Mystery Cry This World Baby Awakening Tiny Plenty Milk

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

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

“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.”

Needs Water Poverty Definitions Precise Distinctive Navigation

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

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

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Born: June 28, 1940
Known for: Entrepreneur
Quotes: 159

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Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World PovertyRelated source material

Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of CapitalismRelated source material

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Banker to the Poor: The Autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, Founder of the Grameen BankRelated source material

Banker to the Poor: The Story of the Grameen BankRelated source material

Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing NeedsRelated source material

Halving poverty by 2015: we can actually make it happenRelated source material

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