“We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept the fact that we will always have poor people around us. So we have had poor people around us. If we had believed that poverty is unacceptable to us, and that it should not belong to a civilized society, we would have created appropriate institutions and policies to create a poverty-free world.”
Quote by Muhammad Yunus
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Muhammad Yunus
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. more
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