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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today stressed the need for building a financial system where every individual has the opportunity to become an entrepreneur rather than merely a job-seeker.
"Human beings are not born to do jobs; they are born to be entrepreneurs. Our financial system should be built in such a way that everyone gets the chance to become an entrepreneur," he said.
The head of the interim government said this while addressing a function, marking the inauguration of the new building (Bhaban-2) of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) at Khilji Road in the city's Mohammadpur area, BSS reports.
Highlighting the evolving aspirations of the younger generation, Professor Yunus said rural youths are now far more aware, informed, and imaginative. "Therefore, we should create such a financial and social environment where they can launch their own ventures - individually or through an institution," he said.
"If we can create such a framework where people can start their own ventures and even if they want they can join as investors, then this change is possible," the Chief Advisor added.
Professor Yunus believed that, in such an environment, anyone can work as an organization if they want, or they can also move forward as an individual entrepreneur if they want. Even if they want, they can raise investment and run an initiative in their own area, he added.
"We want to move forward. (So) we can experimentally see what is good and what is bad. But already, hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs have been created, many of whom are working in teams with boys and girls," the Chief Adviser said, adding, he believed that it is possible to expand utilizing this experience.