Portfolios of the Poor

Far from living hand to mouth, people who are poor often use numerous financial tools to manage their money—saving and borrowing in order to obtain the things that are most important to them.

New insights into poverty

Recent research is changing how we understand what it means to be poor. Far from living hand to mouth, people who are poor often use numerous financial tools to manage their money—saving and borrowing in order to obtain the things that are most important to them.

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