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Title:

Portfolios of the poor : how the world's poor live on $2 a day / Daryl Collins ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

ix, 283 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Collins, Daryl.

Notes:

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

Contents:

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.

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.

ISBN:

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

OCLC:

(OCoLC)276340745

LCCN:

2008055161

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)