Quote by Muhammad Yunus
Soon we saw that money going to women brought much more benefit to

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

Other quotes by Muhammad Yunus

I went to the bank and proposed that they lend money to the poor people. The bankers almost fell over. – Muhammad Yunus

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Money
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Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world – out of six billion people, more than three billion – do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame. – Muhammad Yunus

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finance
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What we are trying to do is to create a social business in Bangladesh, a joint venture to create restaurants for common people. Good, healthy food at affordable prices so that people dont have to opt for food that is unhealthy and unhygienic. – Muhammad Yunus

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Food
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What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing. – Sheryl Crow

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In a broken nest there are few whole eggs. – Chinese Proverb

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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. – Francis of Assisi

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