Banker to the Poor: The Autobiography of Muhammad Yunus Author: Muhammad Yunus Copyright: 2003 Introduction Banker to the Poor narrates the life of Muhammad Yunus and his conception of the micro-lending institution‚ Grameen Bank‚ to provide help to the poor. Yunus had a dream of providing help the poor to be able to help themselves. He believes that if the poor can receive financial help in the form of very small loans and are taught some basic principles of financial management‚ they will learn
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WORKING WITH THE POOR As a Social Work student‚ I have been exposed to different faces of poverty especially during this school year. These exposures have taught me a lot of life lessons and helped me grow as a person. One of the realizations I had with these exposures is how poverty differently shaped the lives of the poor. Thus‚ I had different views of poverty. If you dig deeper into the causes of illegal activities‚ one of these is poverty. Once‚ I had given an opportunity to interview
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partnerships. Thirdly‚ in discussing the Philippine urban poor I have used the guide questions provided by the invitation committee. I will proceed by defining the Philippine urban poor and then discuss its issues as well as my government ’s responses to these issues. Towards the end of my talk‚ I will discuss a proposed agenda of engagement in the present administration. A Close Look At the Urban Poor Situation The Philippine urban poor as officially defined by Republic Act 7279 which is also
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The Working Poor travels into the forgotten America. It is a book about people and places that most us have never thought about. We have our debates about these people‚ their lifestyles‚ how they raise their children and where they work but we don’t really know them and for the most part don’t care. How many of us notice "the man who washes cars but does not own one‚ the clerk who files cancelled checks at the bank but has $2.02 in her own account or the woman who copyedits medical textbooks but
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help the poor families get back on their feet by providing them with an education. If low-income families have the opportunity to receive an education‚ a lower class would no longer exist. Everybody would benefit by this change that education would make. The wealthy stay wealthy‚ and the poor better equipped to get a job and earn a salary to support their family. The rich should help the poor by providing them with the opportunity to have an education. The wealthy should offer the poor and low
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that they shouldn’t tax the less wealthy/poor and middle class. That’s why their taxed less‚ cause they don’t have as much financial health that other people may have. Other countries around the world tax high and are doing well in growth. Since the 1970s‚ income for the wealthy people have increased and keeps on increasing. Taxing started way back in the 1760s by a rebellion
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We are for it ! First because rich countries‚ like the USA‚ can give money to poor countries‚ and it’s more intelligent than spend it for receptions. In fact this money can be used to build shools or hospitals: That way fewer people will be ill or illiterate‚ and the building of schools will lead to the development of countries and thanks to the children’s education‚ jobs will be created. Furthermore‚ by helping poor countries‚ rich countries show solidarity and they make needy people’s dreams come
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The working poor are those people that work the hardest for their dollar‚ work the hardest to get their paychecks‚ work the hardest to survive. Most of the working poor live paycheck to paycheck and like the saying goes‚ “robbing from Peter to pay Paul.” There is a way out of poverty‚ and there is a way for these struggling individuals to escape the perils of their life in poverty. It is not an easy road out‚ but it is possible. It is important for those that are born into this lifestyle to know
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commonly known as the poor. The different medias that society are exposed to usually show poor people as being lazy‚ dirty‚ and often uneducated. According to Bell Hooks essay‚ Outlaw culture: Resisting Representation‚ “value was connected to integrity‚ to being honest and hardworking.” (pg 433) Although she points out that the media portrays the poor as lazy‚ and non hardworking‚ she fails to speak on the fact that the most hardworking people are actually placed in the “poor” category. People that
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What Makes Poor Countries Poor? In the past century‚ the world has seen countless scientific and technological advancements that have greatly improved the human condition. Thanks to these developments in communications‚ transportation‚ medicine and agriculture‚ the wealth of developed nations has increased at phenomenal rates. Unfortunately‚ not all countries have experienced these benefits. Many nations still have a per capita GDP of $1000 or less. These countries continue to be poor because
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