Portfolios of the poor: how the world's poor live on two dollars a day (Record no. 83552)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 01987nam a2200205Ia 4500
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20220714173802.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 200204s9999 xx 000 0 und d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780691141480
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 339.46 POR
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Collins, Daryl...[et al]
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Portfolios of the poor: how the world's poor live on two dollars a day
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Princeton
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Princeton University Press
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2009
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 283 p.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Unit of pricing USD
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Nearly forty percent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or less. If you've never had to survive on an income so small, it is hard to imagine. How would you put food on the table, afford a home, and educate your children? And how would you handle emergencies and old age? Every day, more than a billion people around the world must answer these questions. "Portfolios of the Poor" is the first book to systematically explain how the poor find solutions to their everyday financial problems. The authors conducted year-long interviews with impoverished villagers and slum dwellers in Bangladesh, India, and South Africa - records that track penny by penny how specific households manage their money. The stories of these families are often surprising and inspiring. Most poor households do not live hand to mouth, spending what they earn in a desperate bid to keep afloat. Instead, they employ financial tools, many linked to informal networks and family ties. They push money into savings for reserves, squeeze money out of creditors whenever possible, run sophisticated savings clubs, and use microfinancing wherever available. Their experiences reveal new methods to fight poverty and ways to envision the next generation of banks for the 'bottom billion.' Indispensable for those in development studies, economics, and microfinance, "Portfolios of the Poor" will appeal to anyone interested in knowing more about poverty and what can be done about it.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Poor
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Books
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
  Not Missing Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library   2020-02-04   339.46 POR 99564 2020-02-04 2020-02-04 Books

Powered by Koha