Poverty is not created by poor people. It is produced by our failure to create institutions to support human capabilities. Muhammad Yunus More Quotes by Muhammad Yunus More Quotes From Muhammad Yunus In the world of development, if one mixes the poor and the nonpoor in a program, the nonpoor will always drive out the poor, and the less poor will drive out the more poor, unless protective measures are instituted right at the beginning. In such cases, the nonpoor reap the benefits of all that is done in the name of the poor. Muhammad Yunus development done names Microcredit has shown how you can reach out to people that conventional banking cannot. It has demonstrated that it's a doable proposition. Muhammad Yunus reach-out banking people Truly affordable but high-quality health care tools and services are the only means by which quality health care can be provided to all. Muhammad Yunus quality tools mean 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. Muhammad Yunus definitions water needs I have always said that human beings are multidimensional beings. Their happiness comes from many sources, not, as our current economic framework assumes, just from making money. Muhammad Yunus economic making-money assuming A culture that holds people back should and can be changed. Muhammad Yunus poverty culture people If we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would focus on credit Muhammad Yunus credit focus overcoming Health care can be made more affordable for the poor without requiring major new scientific developments, just the smart application of current technologies. We have seen a $25 incubator and diagnostic instruments that are built tough, cheap, and reusable for the developing world. Muhammad Yunus smart technology development Engaging in social business is beneficial to a company because it leverages on business competencies to address social issues, involves one-time investment with sustainable results, and produces other positive effects such as employee motivation and improved organizational culture. Muhammad Yunus issues motivation culture I wanted to give money to people like this woman so that they would be free from the moneylenders to sell their product at the price which the markets gave them — which was much higher than what the trader was giving them. Muhammad Yunus money giving people Peace should be understood in a human way - in a broad social, political and economic way. Peace is threatened by unjust economic, social and political order, absence of democracy, environmental degradation and absence of human rights. Muhammad Yunus political rights order If the basic structure of Grameen is changed, the worry is that the poor women who are the rightful owners of the bank will be disenfranchised. Muhammad Yunus structure poor worry I believe that "government", as we know it today, should pull out of most things except for law enforcement and justice, national defense and foreign policy, and let the private sector, a "Grameenized private sector", a social-consciousness-driven private sector, take over their other functions. Muhammad Yunus government law believe The current financial crisis makes it very clears that the system that we have isn't really working, and this is the right time for us to undo things and build them in a new way. Muhammad Yunus poverty financial way Soon we saw that money going to women brought much more benefit to the family than money going to the men. So we changed our policy and gave a high priority to women. As a result, now 96% of our four million borrowers in Grameen Bank are women. Muhammad Yunus priorities money men We got rid of colonialism, we got rid of slavery, and we got rid of apartheid everyone thought each one of them was impossible. Let's take the next impossible, do it with joy and get it finished with and create a world free from poverty. Let us create the world of our choice. Muhammad Yunus colonialism choices joy 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. Muhammad Yunus opportunity country thinking The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries. Muhammad Yunus keys play country ...poor people are just as human as anyone else. They have just as much potential as anyone. Muhammad Yunus poor-people poor people They explained to me that the bank cannot lend money to poor people because these people are not creditworthy. Muhammad Yunus money people bankers
