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The Economics of Microfinance

Beatriz Armendáriz and Jonathan Morduch
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The Economics of Microfinance is written by economists, but in a way that non-economists can easily understand. It asks and answers questions about poor people and the way they handle money. For example, why would poor people need to save when they have so little money to start with? If you are at all interested in questions like this, Morduch and Armendáriz’s book is a very good place to start.