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Portfolios of the Poor

How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day

by Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, Orlanda Ruthven · 2009 · 296 pages

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About This Book

This book examines the financial lives of people living on less than two dollars a day in Bangladesh, India, and South Africa. Using 'financial diaries' to track daily transactions, the authors demonstrate that poor households are active, sophisticated money managers who use informal tools to handle irregular incomes and financial risks.

Genres

Psychology & BehaviorEconomics & FinanceSociety & Politics

Topics

Economic DevelopmentFinancial DiariesInformal FinanceMicrofinancePovertyRisk ManagementSavings

Book Details

Published

2009

Pages

296

Language

en

ISBN

9780691148199

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