The Poor and Their MoneyOxford University Press, 2001 - 121 pages 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. |
Contents
Three Ways To Save | 13 |
Doing It Yourself | 31 |
Managers and Providers | 60 |
Copyright | |
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ACTIONAID amount assets auction ROSCAS Bangladesh Bangladeshi taka basic personal financial borrow burial fund capacity to save cent a month chit clients contributions costs countries Credit Unions cycle deposit collectors described devices DFID Dhaka diagram earn essay example Gono Bima Grameen Bank income India institutions Insurance ASCA interest rate internal investment Jyothi large lump sums lend loans long-term look Marriage Fund merry-go-round MFIs Microcredit microfinance offer opportunity optional advance organizations paid pawnbroker pawning pay-ins permanent personal financial intermediation poverty profits promoters providers Rabeya's Fund repay repayments rickshaw risk ROSCAS and ASCAS round run ROSCAS rupees rural SafeSave savers Savings and Credit savings clubs savings into lump scheme SHGs slums Sukhwinder Singh swap term time-bound ubbu-tungngul unassisted groups urban moneylender usefully large lump user-owned users Vijayawada Village Banks week weekly