Development should be viewed as a human rights issue, not as a question of simply increasing the gross national product. When the national economy picks up, the situation of the poor is not necessarily improved. Therefore development should be redefined. It should refer only to a positive measurable change in per capita income of the bottom 50 percent of the population.
One thing that I love about the system that Professor Yunnus, the author, has created is that it is simultaneously holistic and focused on the individual. It truly promotes markets and requires hard work and responsibility.
One thing that I am trying to do while reading this book is to connect successful methods of economic development with the methods we should use for spiritual development. Yunnus is very clear that he wants capital and opportunity and responsibility to be thrust directly on to the poor, not transferred through many hands where everyone gets to take a cut. How often do we spread spiritual fulfillment through local churches and committees and ministries where 10% of the church does 90% of the work spiritual renewal is never taken to the masses. I'll probably be writing more about this book and exploring the economic-spirituality relationship more later, because it is baller.
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