{"product_id":"portfolios-of-the-poor-how-the-worlds-poor-live-on-2-a-day","title":"Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNearly forty per cent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or less.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf 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? How would you handle emergencies and old age? Every day, more than a billion people around the world must answer these questions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePortfolios 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTheir 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, Orlanda Ruthven","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42871548772521,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/collins.jpg?v=1674352382","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/portfolios-of-the-poor-how-the-worlds-poor-live-on-2-a-day","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}