Microfinance Quotes
- Microfinance is an idea whose time has come. — Kofi Annan
- Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty. — Jonathan Morduch
- Microfinance is an incredibly powerful tool ... but we must move beyond micro-hopes and micro-ambitions for women. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
- Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge — Kofi Annan
- Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge, posing an untapped opportunity to create markets, bring people in from the margins… — Kofi Annan
- In 1989, I started the National Association of Business Women. We incorporated microfinance and different job training for women. We did a survey, with USAID,… — Joyce Banda
- Making loans and fighting poverty are normally two of the least glamorous pursuits around, but put the two together and you have an economic innovation… — James Surowiecki
- We developed microfinance to fight loan sharks - I was telling people don't go to loan sharks - not trying to take advantage and make… — Muhammad Yunus
- The moment you say microfinance everybody wants to help you. — Muhammad Yunus
- Because microfinance is so manageable in terms of the size of the loan, people have made it the cornerstone to lifting women out of poverty. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
- A well-functioning microfinance bank can actually be a profitable business as well. So it became a perfect proof point that, through business, you can provide… — Pierre Omidyar