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“This is the basis for the most important critique of microfinance. The poor are not entrepreneurs. The idea that more than a few will turn tiny loans into a viable business is simply unrealistic.”

PoorPovertyDevelopmentEconomicsMicrofinanceIan Smillie
Book:Freedom From Want: The Remarkable Success Story of BRAC, the Global Grassroots Organization That's Winning the Fight Against Poverty
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“I think the money for the solutions for global poverty is on Wall Street. Wall Street allocates capital. And we need to get capital to the ideas that are successful, whether it's microfinance, whether it's through financial literacy programs, Wall Street can be the engine that makes capital get to the people who need it.”

PeopleThinkingNeedsIdeasPovertySuccessfulStreetsWallSolutionsProgramFinancialEnginesLiteracyFinancial LiteracyGlobal PovertyMicrofinance
Author:Kabir Sehgal
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“Making loans and fighting poverty are normally two of the least glamorous pursuits around, but put the two together and you have an economic innovation that has become not just popular but downright chic. The innovation - microfinance - involves making small loans to poor entrepreneurs, usually in developing countries.”

TwoCountryTogetherFightingPoorPovertyEconomicInnovationEntrepreneurPursuitDevelopingLoanGlamorousChicDeveloping CountriesMicrofinance
Author:James Surowiecki
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