Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day

by Daryl Collins, Stuart Rutherford, Orlanda Ruthven, et al.

Book Overview

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? 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691141487
• ISBN13: 9780691141480
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"