How do the poor handle money? What do the financial diaries of char dwellers tell us about financial inclusion?

Abstract

Keywords

Poor, livelihoods, money management, financial diary

Author Biography

Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt

Resource Environment and Development Group, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific,

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