{"quotes":[{"text":"This is the basis for the most important critique of microfinance. The poor are not entrepreneurs. The idea that more than a few will turn tiny loans into a viable business is simply unrealistic.","author":"Ian Smillie","tags":["development","economics","ian-smillie","microfinance","poor","poverty"],"id":2213,"author_id":"Ian+Smillie"},{"text":"To me, the poor are like Bonsai trees. When you plant the best seed of the tallest tree in a six-inch deep flower pot, you get a perfect replica of the tallest tree, but it is only inches tall. There is nothing wrong with the seed you planted; only the soil-base you provided was inadequate.Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong with their seeds. Only society never gave them a base to grow on.","author":"Muhammad Yunus","tags":["injustice","microfinance","poverty","social-business","society"],"id":275104,"author_id":"Muhammad+Yunus"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}