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Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame.

Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame.

Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern

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Muhammad Yunus
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Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Muhammad Yunus: documented birth year 1940; activity date not established. Wikidata Q43969, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43969 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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