Portfolios of the poor : how the world's poor live on $2 a day / Daryl Collins ... [et al.]. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009. - ix, 283 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-272) and index.

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.

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

9780691141480 (acid-free paper) 0691141487 (acid-free paper)

2008055161

GBA927622 bnb

014931804 Uk


Poor.
Microfinance.
Home economics--Accounting.
Microkrediet.
Grameen Bank.
Armoede.

HC79.P6 / P67 2009

339.4/6