What Keeps the Poor from “Smoothing” Financial Risk?
From mutual aid cooperatives to burial societies, numerous informal and semiformal institutions exist to help households deal with financial risk.
Read moreFrom mutual aid cooperatives to burial societies, numerous informal and semiformal institutions exist to help households deal with financial risk.
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