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A fragile balance : emergency savings and liquid resources for low-income consumers edited by J. Michael Collins

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, c2015.Description: x, 234 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781137487810
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.0240086/942
Online resources: Summary: A Fragile Balance examines strategies to promote emergency savings, especially among underserved households. Each chapter is by an expert contributor and proposes an innovative financial product or service designed to bolster emergency savings among low-asset families. This collection also offers readers insights into the role of emergency savings and mechanisms to facilitate savings behaviors, and raises critical questions of the scale, institutional capacity, sustainability, accessibility, and effectiveness of existing programs.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 332.0240086942 FR AG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0051618

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Fragile Balance examines strategies to promote emergency savings, especially among underserved households. Each chapter is by an expert contributor and proposes an innovative financial product or service designed to bolster emergency savings among low-asset families. This collection also offers readers insights into the role of emergency savings and mechanisms to facilitate savings behaviors, and raises critical questions of the scale, institutional capacity, sustainability, accessibility, and effectiveness of existing programs.

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