Eastern Promise: Asian Entrepreneurs

Other economies are harnessing and empowering individual entrepreneurs. In third world countries entrepreneurs are the key tools for economic recovery of nations, as signaled by the 2006 Nobel Economic Prize to Dr. Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank. Their revolutionary micro-credit loan programs empower third world entrepreneurs to enter Global Trade Markets. According to the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Every single individual on earth has both the potential and the right to live a decent life. Across cultures and civilizations, Yunus and Grameen Bank have shown that even the poorest of the poor can work to bring about their own development.

My few experiences with people in harsh economic environments is that they demand the opportunity to earn a living in dignity, and feed their families; not free hand-outs. They want to trade, and a chance to take part in a capitalist market. Their choice path to a sustainable high standard of living.