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This slim volume provides an easy-to-read description of how poor people in developing countries manage their money. It also describes the recent attempts of pro-poor banks and microfinance institutions to provide services to the poor.
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Stuart Rutherford is at the University of Manchester.
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Although their incomes may be tiny or irregular, there are many times when poor people need sums of money that are bigger than what they have in hand. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
personal financial intermediation, unassisted groups, deposit collectors, urban moneylender, marriage funds, optional advance, savings clubs, formal banks, informal finance, large lump sums, burial funds, savings groups Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Although their incomes may be tiny or irregular, there are many times when poor people need sums of money that are bigger than what they have in hand. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
personal financial intermediation, unassisted groups, deposit collectors, urban moneylender, marriage funds, optional advance, savings clubs, formal banks, informal finance, large lump sums, burial funds, savings groups Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Grameen Bank, Time Fig, Gono Bima, Village Bank, Credit Unions, South Asia, East Africa New!
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- Financial Services (Aspects of Britain) by HMSO Books on page 10, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Informal Finance in Low-Income Countries by Dale W. Adams in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Undermining Rural Development With Cheap Credit (Westview Special Studies in Social, Political, and Economic Development) by Dale W. Adams in Back Matter
- The Merchant of Venice (Saddleback Classics) by William Shakespeare on page 77
- The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare on page 77
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- Access for All: Building Inclusive Financial Systems by Brigit Helms on 4 pages
- Urban Livelihoods: A People-Centred Approach to Reducing Poverty by Carole Rakodi in Front Matter, page 111, and page 131
- Replicating Microfinance in the United States by James H. Carr on page 59, page 95, and page 112
- The Microfinance Revolution: Sustainable Finance for the Poor by Marguerite Robinson on page 243, and Back Matter
- Microfinance Revolution Volume 2: Lessons from Indonesia (Micro Finance Revolution, Volume 2) by Marguerite S. Robinson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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