TY - BOOK AU - Collins, Daryl AU - Ruthven, Stuart AU - Morduch, Jonathan AU - Rutherford, Stuart TI - Portfolios of the poor : how the world`s poor live on $2 a day SN - 9780691148199 AV - HC79.P6 P67 2009 U1 - 339.46 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Poor KW - Microfinance KW - Home economics KW - Accounting KW - Microkrediet KW - gtt KW - Grameen Bank KW - Armoede N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-272) and index; Ch. 1; The Portfolios of the Poor --; Ch. 2; The Daily Grind --; Ch. 3; Dealing with Risk --; Ch. 4; Building Blocks: Creating Usefully Large Sums --; Ch. 5; The Price of Money --; Ch. 6; Rethinking Microfinance: The Grameen II Diaries --; Ch. 7; Better Portfolios --; Appendix 1; The Story behind the Portfolios --; Appendix 2; A Selection of Portfolios N2 - 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 ER -