Microfinance Quotes

I believe in microfinance because it isn't just a path out of poverty. It's the road to self-reliance. By allowing people to team up and literally become their own bank, you can mobilize people and resources and alleviate poverty on the global scale. (Queen Rania of Jordan)
We developed microfinance to fight loan sharks - I was telling people don't go to loan sharks - not trying to take advantage and make money for myself. I would be a junior loan shark if I did... It is not a panacea. View quote
Muhammad Yunus
Microfinance is the best example of success in the kinds of systemic institutional areas. View quote
Ela Bhatt
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 that has become not just popular but downright chic. The innovation - microfinance - involves making small loans to poor entrepreneurs, usually in developing countries. View quote
James Surowiecki
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. View quote
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
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, that found women lacked training, credit and information. View quote
Joyce Banda
The moment you say microfinance everybody wants to help you. View quote
Muhammad Yunus