A fragile balance : emergency savings and liquid resources for low-income consumers

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The work A fragile balance : emergency savings and liquid resources for low-income consumers represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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A fragile balance : emergency savings and liquid resources for low-income consumers

Title remainder

emergency savings and liquid resources for low-income consumers

Statement of responsibility

edited by J. Michael Collins

Contributor

• Collins, J. Michael

Subject

• Low-income consumers
• Poor -- Finance, Personal
• Saving and investment

Language

eng

Summary

A Fragile Balance examines strategies to promote emergency savings, especially among underserved households.

Member of

• Online access with purchase: Palgrave Connect (Economics & Finance Collection)

Cataloging source

UK-WkNB

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illustrations

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Summary expansion

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