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Smooth operators.
- Source :
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Economist . 5/16/2009, Vol. 391 Issue 8631, p82-82. 1/2p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The article discusses financial sophistication on the part of poor people as discussed in the book "Portfolios of the Poor" by Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, and Orlanda Ruthven. The poor in South Africa, Bangladesh, and other nations use unorthodox strategies that enable them to achieve such goals as smoothing out their consumptions patterns and promoting disciplined saving.
- Subjects :
- *POOR people
*SAVINGS
*CONSUMPTION (Economics)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00130613
- Volume :
- 391
- Issue :
- 8631
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Economist
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 39772509