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12/7: Nice review of the book Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day. http://bit.ly/3UznuO #microfinance
12/7: Portfolios of the Poor = "must read" and "new bible" for social entrepreneurs combating poverty: http://tinyurl.com/ydt6gan #microfinance
12/7: Jonathan Morduch on Changing Microcredit on WBUR.org: http://bit.ly/7yhB4U#microfinance
12/8: RT @socialedge Portfolios of the Poor “How World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day” book:"myth exploding..about price points & market realities" http://bit.ly/6EhZLB
12/8: RT @davidroodman Nice anonymous @AidWatch post on pros and cons of RCTs http://bit.ly/7a3Gkl
12/9: They're talking about David Rooman's Kiva blog post--and former FAI intern Abby Gray's response to it. http://bit.ly/8sOsW3 #microfinance
12/11: Pour les francophones: "Le microcrédit attire les financiers" http://bit.ly/5KwCqD#microfinance
Editors’ Note: Hi, Laura and Jonathan here. A few of the pieces this week come from people who spent years up close with how poor households actually handle money, and keep coming back with something more tangled than the story usually told, and more persistent. Tim will be back for the next edition. - Laura Freschi and Jonathan Morduch