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Quote by Muhammad Yunus
My goal is zero poverty.
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The speaker sets an uncompromising goal: a world with no poverty. “Zero” makes clear this is not merely reducing hardship or helping some people; success means poverty has been eliminated altogether. The statement expresses a broad social aim without specifying how it should be achieved.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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- Official Statement
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