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

dc.contributor.authorLahiri-Dutt, Kuntala
dc.contributor.authorSamanta, Gopa
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:11:10Z
dc.date.available2015-12-08T22:11:10Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.updated2020-11-08T07:23:12Z
dc.description.abstractDerived from livelihoods surveys and ethnographic material about people living on the chars, or river islands, in deltaic lower Bengal, this paper illustrates the complex, diverse and ingenious ways that the poor manage money. These islands constitute some of the most vulnerable housing locations of some of the poorest communities; state services and facilities do not reach the chars because they are not listed as land in revenue records. It demonstrates that the poor live in a diverse economy where community spirit, family assistance and trust play roles equally important to markets. In doing so, it puts forth a grounded-in-the-field, evidence-based, critique of the slogan �financial inclusion� that has gained prominence in recent years.
dc.identifier.issn2052-8396
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/29682
dc.publisherAlliance for Community Capacity Building
dc.sourceSpace and Culture, India
dc.source.urihttp://www.spaceandculture.in/index.php/spaceandculture/article/view/16
dc.titleHow do the poor handle money? What do the financial diaries of char dwellers tell us about financial inclusion?
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage57
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage44
local.contributor.affiliationLahiri-Dutt, Kuntala, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationSamanta, Gopa, University of Burdwan
local.contributor.authoremailu4053284@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidLahiri-Dutt, Kuntala, u4053284
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160401 - Economic Geography
local.identifier.absseo959999 - Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4657781xPUB67
local.identifier.citationvolume1
local.identifier.doi.20896/saci.v1i1.16
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85019719407
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4657781
local.type.statusPublished Version

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