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Policies are also to blame: the only thing that the governments and people can come up with to give to the poor people is charity. Poor people get hand outs from the state. But this is not a solution to poverty.
Muhammad Yunus
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Muhammad Yunus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: June 28
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