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The Deluge of Debt: Understanding the Financial Needs of Poor Households

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  • Narayana D

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This paper is about the financial lives of poor households. It examines the different sources of income and expenditure of the poor households residing in a coastal settlement in Kerala. The method of financial diary for data collection is adopted for the study. The sample size is 13. [WP 412].

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  • B. S. Suran & Narayana D, 2009. "The Deluge of Debt: Understanding the Financial Needs of Poor Households," Working Papers id:2260, eSocialSciences.
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