Energy Quote by 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…

— Kofi Annan

Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty.

— Jonathan Morduch

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…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Microfinance initiatives are very high-touch models. The loan officer meets with local groups of borrowers every week, they share tips and techniques. There's a…

— Pierre Omidyar

Making loans and fighting poverty are normally two of the least glamorous pursuits around, but put the two together and you have an economic…

— James Surowiecki

The invention of the micro-loan was a big surprise to me. Who would have guessed loans of less than $20 made to poor people…

— Joel A. Barker

Microloans enable the poor to lift themselves out of poverty through entrepreneurship.

— Pierre Omidyar

We developed microfinance to fight loan sharks - I was telling people don't go to loan sharks - not trying to take advantage and…

— Muhammad Yunus

Poor people have the desire to prosper but their mindset stop them.

— Matthew Ashimolowo

“No one wants to be poor. In my view, and the view of many authors who have focused on poverty and practical solutions to…

— Robert David Steele

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