Most Popular Books by Stuart Rutherford

Stuart Rutherford is the author of Portfolios of the Poor (2009), The Poor and Their Money (2009), The Pledge (2009), ASA (1995), 走出貧窮:250個底層家庭日記揭示的解答與希望 (2021).

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Portfolios of the Poor

release date: Jan 01, 2009
Portfolios of the Poor
In this work, the authors report on the yearlong ''financial diaries'' of villagers and slum dwellers in Bangladesh, India, and South Africa. The stories of these families are often surprising and inspiring.

The Poor and Their Money

release date: Jan 01, 2009
The Poor and Their Money
On the real lives of people in the slums and villages of Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The Pledge

release date: Feb 02, 2009
The Pledge
The Association for Social Advancement (ASA) of Bangladesh recently topped Forbes magazine''s first-ever list of the world''s best microfinance banks. This is an extraordinary achievement for an organization that started life as a revolutionary movement aiming to bring a peasant-led government to the newly created and desperately poor South Asian nation of Bangladesh. This book tells the story of how ASA''s determined but practical-minded founder and leader, Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, steered his organization through the maze of competing ideas about how best to develop poor countries. The book sets Choudhury''s accomplishments in the context of Bangladesh''s chaotic but inspiring postcolonial history and is rich in its understanding and descriptions of how ordinary village and slum dwellers deal with the complicated web of politics, international donations, and development expertise. The author''s long and intimate knowledge of ASA and of Bangladeshi microfinance makes this one of the best case studies of a development organization available to the general public.

ASA

release date: Jan 01, 1995
ASA
Outline of Association for Social Advancement (Dhaka, Bangladesh); covers the period 1978-1995.

走出貧窮:250個底層家庭日記揭示的解答與希望

走出貧窮:250個底層家庭日記揭示的解答與希望
全球將近四成的人,平均每天靠不到2美元過活 隱藏於記帳日記裡的關鍵線索,將如何翻轉貧困陷阱? ★ 來自印度、南非、孟加拉250個貧困家庭的第一線田野調查,揭露最真實的底層生活。 ★ 經濟學者、微型金融機構專家挺身面對巨大的貧窮困境,找出最佳解方。 ///// 南非鄉村寡婦諾莎的資產負債表 ///// 來自南非鄉村的諾沙已經77歲,女兒死於愛滋病、 孫子來和她一起同住,全家人住在破舊不堪的房屋裡。 一家五口只靠她每個月114美元的政府老人津貼過活, 諾莎一遍又一遍試著向社工申請育兒津貼,但被打回票, 女兒的喪事花費又讓諾莎遭逢雙重夾擊。 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ◆ 資產 銀行存款 ▍占比67.0% ▍政府的老人津貼固定匯入銀行戶頭 存錢社團 ▍占比 2.4% ▍參加2個存錢社團 喪葬社團 ▍占比 1.3% ▍參加2個喪葬社團 放在家裡 ▍占比21.3% ▍將每天購買三餐後剩下的錢放在家裡 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ◆ 負債 無息借貸 ▍占比 0.4% ▍向鄰居與家人借了4筆錢 有息借貸 ▍占比 4.0% ▍向放款者、儲蓄社團借錢,利率為25%至30% 商店賒帳 ▍占比 3.6% ▍向村裡的兩間商店賒帳 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 全球各地收入飄忽不定、三餐不繼的人們, 如何巧妙運用各種財務工具,讓桌上有食物、為家人保險、儲蓄, 還能應付五花八門的生活支出並做出投資? 【財務日記法揭露最真實的財務生活】 作者群走訪孟加拉、印度、南非的貧困村莊進行一年期的訪談,利用「財務日記法」協助受訪家戶記錄每天的支出與收入情形。日記呈現了出乎意料的複雜財務生活:窮人除了工作收入外,會大量利用各種非正式的財務工具,例如親友借貸、互助會,或是較正式的銀行微型貸款來周轉各種生活上的金錢需求,不僅能應付日常所需,還能存下緊急預備金並做出投資。 【微型經濟的力量與未來】 從受訪對象的經驗,不僅打破窮人一定是「日光族」或「月光族」的刻板印象,作者群更歸納出打擊貧窮的新方法與原則,例如,微型金融若能提供方便、可靠、有彈性的服務,將能對窮人的經濟狀況帶來更大的幫助。本書的研究除了提供金融機構參考外,也替每天靠不到2美元過活的人們,帶來改變的一線曙光。 各界推薦 ▍林明仁│臺灣大學經濟學系特聘教授 ▍莊雅婷│臺北大學經濟學系助理教授 ▍朱剛勇│「人生百味」共同創辦人 這是一本希望讓世界變得更好的書。而詳細的資料蒐集與社會科學嚴謹的推論 過程與分析方法,是本書最重要的特色。就讓經濟學家溫暖的心加上冷靜的頭腦,帶讀者走過這趟了解貧窮、提出解方的知識之旅吧! ▍林明仁│臺灣大學經濟學系特聘教授 在這樣一頁頁被整理解讀的財務日記中,我彷彿讀到一個個栩栩如生的故事,那些可怕突如其來的喪病意外、那些歡喜支出卻龐大到傷腦筋的喜慶,都在這些現金流的敘述中活了過來。 ▍莊雅婷│臺北大學經濟學系助理教授 一條令人耳目一新的獨特道路。與其等待世界辯論和接受他們的想法,作者們已經用他們自己的方式來實踐。在對抗全球貧困的戰爭中,感覺就像贏得了一場小小的戰鬥。 ▍《華盛頓郵報》(Washington Post) 這項研究提供了明確的證據,證明窮人對於其財務規劃有著老練而世故的想法。 ▍《經濟學人》雜誌(The Economist) 我向任何關注如何改善窮人生活的人推薦這本書! ▍梅琳達‧蓋茲(Melinda Gates)│比爾與梅琳達‧蓋茲基金會聯合主席

Comment les pauvres gèrent leur argent

release date: Jan 01, 2002
Comment les pauvres gèrent leur argent
En offrant aux populations pauvres la possibilité d''accéder à des services financiers, la microfinance s''est imposée comme un des outils majeurs de lutte contre la pauvreté. Mais les postulats de la microfinance sont-ils adéquats ? Sait-on seulement comment les pauvres gèrent leur argent ? De façon claire et vivante, l''auteur nous fait entrer dans les pratiques quotidiennes des populations pauvres, en Asie, en Afrique et en Amérique latine, qu''il côtoie depuis vingt-cinq ans. Il décrit la diversité des moyens qu''elles utilisent pour gérer leur argent, depuis l''épargne maison jusqu''aux fonds d''assurance, en passant par les tontines et banquiers ambulants, ou les institutions de microfinance. Démentant l''idée selon laquelle elles sont " trop pauvres pour épargner ", il montre comment elles combinent ces différents moyens pour convertir de petits montants d''épargne en capacité à mobiliser de plus grosses sommes lorsque le besoin s''en fait sentir. Epargne et crédit, trop souvent considérés comme opposés, ne sont finalement que deux moyens au service d''une même fin : être capable de faire face, en cas de besoins d''argent nettement supérieurs à leurs disponibilités immédiates. Cet ouvrage décrit par ailleurs les récentes initiatives des ONG, institutions de microfinance et banques spécialisées. Il discute l''adéquation de leur approche aux situations concrètes de leurs clients et formule des recommandations pratiques à leur égard. " L''un des textes les plus éclairants sur les pratiques financières des pauvres ", écrit Elizabeth Littlefield, directrice du CGAP.

Los pobres y su dinero

release date: Jan 01, 2002

A Peasant Economy Readjusts in a District of Northern Vietnam

release date: Jan 01, 1992

Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of the Interaction Between Sugarcane and the Larval Borer Eldana Saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera

release date: Jan 01, 1993

Learning to Lend

release date: Jan 01, 1993
Learning to Lend
The Save the Children River project in Bangladesh has been transformed from a flood relief and community health programme to a savings and credit scheme. This paper provides an analytical insight into the evolution of the River Project within the context of informal credit in rural Bangladesh.

A Critical Typology of Financial Services for the Poor

release date: Nov 01, 1996

Eskom Enterprises

release date: Jan 01, 1999

Determinants of Organisational Commitment and Job Satisfaction for Workers in Agricultural Research

release date: Jan 01, 2000

A Microcredit Crisis Averted

release date: Jul 15, 2013

Savings in Africa

release date: Jan 01, 2002
Savings in Africa
This book brings together a series of papers by leading microfinance practitioners and researchers to examine the need of poor people for savings exercises and how the lack of suitable savings programmes drives large-scale "drop-out" or "exit" of MFI clients. By examining how and why poor people currently save money - predominantly in the informal financial sector, the experts go on to make recommendations on how MFIs might offer savings services for poor people. This book is a timely attempt to bring together some of the "state of the art" research and thinking on this emerging issue for the microfinance industry. Chapters include: "Client Drop-outs from East African Microfinance Institutions," "Drop-outs from Ugandan Microfinance Institutions," Savings and the Poor: The methods, use and impact of savings by the poor of East Africa," "Use and Impact of Savings Services among the Poor in Uganda," "Savings Products and Service in the Informal Sector and Microfinance Institutions in West Africa: The Case of Mali and Benin," "Savings and Needs in East Africa: An Infinite Variety," and "A Critical Reivew of Savings Services in Africa and Elsewhere."
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