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born 1940 Bangladesh
Muhammad Yunus (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ ইউনুস Muhammod Iunus) (born June 28, 1940) is a Bangladeshi banker and economist who sereved as Chief Adviser of Bangladesh from 8 August 2024 to 16 February 2026. He is the developer and founder of the concept of microcredit.
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One day our grandchildren will go to museums to see what poverty was like.
This attack is not only on Hadi, this attack is on the existence of whole Bangladesh.
Making money from business is happiness, but making other people happy is super happiness.
Poor people always pay back their loans. It's us, the creators of institutions and rules, who keep creating trouble for them.
Grameen Bank II: Designed to Open New Possibilities (2002)
You cannot change the world in a day...if you want to change, start from your village.
Poverty has been created by the economic and social system that we have designed for the world. It is the institutions that we have built, and feel so proud of, which created poverty.
We will make yogurt with all kinds of nutritious elements. We want to provide nutrition to the poor and children.
NGOs are a force. We must realize the dreams of our youth.
Human being is a fighter, human being is a creator.
The poor themselves can create a poverty-free world — all we have to do is to free them from the chains that we have put around them.
Always remember, job is a wrong idea. Don't ever look for a job, always tell yourself that I'm a job creator. I'm not a job seeker, I'm a job creator. So be a job creator.
The direct elimination of poverty should be the objective of all development aid. Development should be viewed as a human rights issue, not as a question of simply increasing the gross national product GNP.
Abu Sayed is no longer a member of just one family. He is the child of all families in Bangladesh. The children who will grow up and attend school and college will know about Abu Sayed and will say to themselves, 'I too will fight for justice.' Abu Sayed is now in every home.
All human beings have an innate skill — survival skill. The fact that poor are still alive is a proof of their ability to survive. We do not need to teach them how to survive. They know this already.
I will not spend the money for myself. I will rather spend it in special business on a no-profit-no-loss policy. We will also establish an eye hospital where even beggars will be given treatment at the cost of Taka 10-20.
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