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1.   Collins, Daryl;  Morduch, Jonathan;  Rutherford, Stuart;  Ruthven, Orlanda. Portfolios of the poor : how the world's poor live on $2 a day. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2009. ix, 283 p.

Abstract: This work is the result of a research project conducted between 1999 and 2005 in Bangladesh, India, and South Africa. The book examines financial diaries kept by some 300 families at or below the global poverty line and finds that those families use a large and varied array of financial "instruments"--interest-free loans, funeral insurance, "money guards," microcredit loans, and so on--to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads. The conclusion from this state of affairs is that the global poor have a tremendous need for more reliable and flexible financial instruments--indeed, the authors suggest that providing these tools to poor families might be a better way to lift them out of poverty over the long term than microcredit. The researchers claim that the poor have been underestimated as stewards of financial assets, and they would do much better for themselves if they had better tools to manage their assets. With bibliographical references and index.

Call Number: 380 COL
Subject/descriptor: Poverty;  Economic assistance--Third World;  Economic development
Location: New York

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