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Book Review: Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, and Orlanda Ruthven. Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. Pp. ix+283. $29.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper)

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  • Shahidur R. Khandker, 2011. "Book Review: Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, and Orlanda Ruthven. Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. Pp," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 59(2), pages 473-481.
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