The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
Microloans enable the poor to lift themselves out of poverty through entrepreneurship. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
When combined with information and communication technologies, microcredit can unleash new opportunities for the world's poorest entrepreneurs and thereby revitalize the village… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty. — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty. — Jonathan Morduch Copy Share Image
If you do microcredit with men, they tend to quickly drink it. They don't pay you back. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge, posing an untapped opportunity to create markets, bring people in… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
My vision for the future? Two things: to make credit a human right so that each individual human being will have the… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
At the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image