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Muhammad Yunus Quotes about Charity

This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty.

"Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the World’s Poorest Citizens, Makes His Case". NBR Interview with Linda O’Bryon, knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. March 9, 2005.

Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor.

Muhammad Yunus (2007). “Banker To The Poor”, p.283, Penguin Books India

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

Muhammad Yunus, Alan Jolis (2003). “Banker to the Poor: Micro-lending and the Battle Against World Poverty”, p.205, PublicAffairs