Like navigation markings in unknown waters definitions of poverty need to be distinctive and unambiguous. A definition that is not precise is as bad as no definition at all.
Muhammad Yunus
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Th direct elimination of 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.
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Even today we dont pay serious attention to the issue of poverty because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people distance themselves from the issue by saying that if the poor worked harder they wouldnt be poor.
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