Arunachalam Muruganantham Quotes

Growth in village economies is often ignored. It should not be.

Microfinance does not require previous experience or loans to the same extent as a small-business loan, so it's easier for women to enter the micro sector.

I'm feeling optimistic about rural Pakistan. Farmers are making good money.

A bright future for the nation depends on the health and prosperity of rural America.

My obsession is to provide food and jobs to people in Tarlac. The province is primarily an agricultural province; food security tops the priority.

If PM-Kisan is implemented well, it will leave some money in the hands of poor farmers.

If you economically empower a woman, she represents enormous opportunity that can actually be transformative not only for her family and for her community, but at the aggregate level for the economy.

Global poverty is falling faster today than at any time in human history.

I wanted to make sure that women made up half of all Grameen's borrowers. But it wasn't easy to persuade the women in Bangladesh to join the bank. A man isn't even allowed to address a woman in her village.

China is not a super power…. It still has 800 million rural farmers living in poverty.

A generation of entrepreneurs will mop up poverty at a rate that no government ever could.

In view of the desirability of strengthening the productivity of the peasantry, we must in every way facilitate the hiring of laborers in the interests of the poor.

The new South presents a perfect democracy...; a social system compact and closely knitted, less splendid on the surface, but stronger at the core; a hundred farms for every plantation, fifty homes for every palace.

Much of India that we dream of still lies ahead of us: housing, power, water and sanitation for all; bank accounts and insurance for every citizen; connected and prosperous villages; and, smart and sustainable cities.

Roads are essential to any type of agricultural development.

With global markets ever expanding, we need to make sure that our American farmers, ranchers, foresters, and producers are well positioned to continue to lead the world.

Our core attention is to bring prosperity in the life of common man, and all-out resources have been used for his facilitation.

I believe that Prime Minister Modi will respond positively to development projects for backward areas. That is why I am promising them.

In Indonesia, Qualcomm, in a joint project with Grameen Foundation, has provided a range of mobile phone-based services to individuals. This project facilitates the creation of businesses for those living at the bottom of the economic pyramid and, at the same time, extends telecommunication access to people who cannot afford a mobile phone.

In a country like India, we need to solve problems at scale.

I don't have any plans to make money for myself. All I wish to do is empower rural women in our country.

We need to open up private sector markets. We need to empower small business people, working Georgians, and entrepreneurs.

Look at the growing middle class in India. Small businesses are not just a source of jobs and prosperity: they are the driving force of social justice too.

USDA Rural Development is responsible for helping rural counties and small communities provide public services and foster economic growth. Often these investments help fill gaps that are hard to overcome with a rural tax base.

Three key elements triggered NDA's spectacular 2014 election victory - taking development and prosperity to the lowest rung of society, eradication of corruption, and ensuring transparency and ease of doing business.