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Tag: Portfolios of the poor

Anup Singh, Premasis Mukherjee, Abhay Pareek and Lisa Chassin

Behavioural Insights in Insurance

This note takes an alternative view from the conventional wisdom of expected utility and optimum...
Sep 29, 2014

Ignacio Mas and Premasis Mukherjee

Searching for metaphors of household financial management

This report summarises the intent, activities, outputs and key lessons from an ambitious program of...
May 21, 2013

MSC and Ignacio Mas

Musings on money: The household money management model of mass...

This research report discusses how behavior is governed by perceptions and aspirations around financial goals,...
May 5, 2013

MSC

Qualitative research tools for market research: Experiences from MetaMon research

In the recently conducted research on money management metaphor, we have modified some existing market...
Mar 30, 2013

Chris Linder

Who Says You Can’t Do Micro Savings in India? Part...

The note discusses a few important points that financial service providers should focus on while...
Jul 16, 2010
Video

William Easterly

Portfolios of the Poor: Expert Review 1

In this video William Easterly Professor of Economics at New York University explains how the...
Jun 21, 2010
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