We have to get out of this mindset that the rich will do the business and the poor will have the charity.

Young people should think in a different way - they should be job givers not job seeker.

Here we were talking about economic development, about investing billions of dollars in various programs, and I could see it wasn't billions of dollars people needed right away.

The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries.

Poverty is unnecessary.

I will not spend the money for myself. I will rather spend it in special business on a no-profit-no-loss policy. We will also establish an eye hospital where even beggars will be given treatment at the cost of Taka 10-20.

When you get a mobile phone it is almost like having a card to get you out of poverty in a couple of years.