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Portfolios of the poor : how the world's poor live on $2 a day / Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, Orlanda Ruthven.

Collins, Daryl.; Morduch, Jonathan.; Rutherford, Stuart.; Ruthven, Orlanda.
2009
339.46 P849 2009
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Title
Portfolios of the poor : how the world's poor live on $2 a day / Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, Orlanda Ruthven.
ISBN
9780691141480 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0691141487 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Imprint
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
ix, 283 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
339.46 P849 2009
System Control No.
(OCoLC)276340745
(OCoLC)276340745
Summary
The authors report on the yearlong "financial diaries" of villagers and slum dwellers in Bangladesh, India, and South Africa--records that track penny by penny how specific households manage their money. --from publisher description
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-272) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The portfolios of the poor
The daily grind
Dealing with risk
Building blocks : creating usefully large sums
The price of money
Rethinking microfinance : the Grameen II diaries
Better portfolios.
Added Author
Collins, Daryl.
Morduch, Jonathan.
Rutherford, Stuart.
Ruthven, Orlanda.
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