Portfolios of the poor : how the world's poor live on $2 a day

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Title:

Portfolios of the poor : how the world's poor live on $2 a day

Author:

Collins, Daryl.

ISBN:

9781919895192

Publication Information:

Cape Town, South Africa : UCT Press, c2009.

Physical Description:

ix, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

Subject Term:

Poor.

Microfinance.

Home economics -- Accounting.

Added Author:

Collins, Daryl.

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Summary

About 40% of the world's people live on an income of two dollars a day or less - a widely recognised benchmark for defining the world's poor. How do they put food on the table, afford a home, educate their children? How do they handle emergencies and old age?