1st Edition

Inclusive Child Development Accounts Toward Universality and Progressivity

Edited By Jin Huang, Li Zou, Michael Sherraden Copyright 2020
120 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

Inclusive Child Development Accounts showcases the global context of emerging asset-building policies and programmes around Child Development Accounts. Child Development Accounts (CDAs) are subsidized accounts that enable families to accumulate assets to invest in children’s development and life goals, such as postsecondary education, homeownership, business development, and retirement... Read more

Introduction: Toward universal, progressive, and lifelong asset building

Sherraden, M., Huang, J. and Zou, L.

Part I: Inclusive Child Development Account Policies

1. Building assets from birth: Singapore’s policies

Loke, V. and Sherraden, M.

2. The Saving for Every Child Program in Israel: an overview of a universal asset-building policy

Grinstein-Weiss, M., Kondratjeva, O., Roll, S. P., Pinto, O. and Gottlieb, D.

3. Impacts of child development accounts on parenting practices: evidence from a randomised statewide experiement

Huang, J., Nam Y., Sherraden, M. and Clancy M.  

Part II: Child Development Account Programs and Projects

1. Policy innovation and policy realisation: the example of children future education and development accounts in Taiwan

Cheng, L.-C.

2. Assessing the impact of an asset-based intervention on educational outcomes of orphaned children and adolescents: findings from a randomised experiment in Uganda

Nabunya, P., Namatovu, P., Damulira, C., Kivumbi, A., Byansi, W., Mukasa, M., Nattabi, J. and Ssewamala, F. M.

3. A qualitative study on participants’ perceptions of child development accounts in Korea

Han, C.-K.

4. Breaking the cycle: an asset-based family intervention for poverty alleviation in China

Deng, S.

Conclusion: Policy models for child development accounts: vision, potential, strategies

Huang, J., Sherraden, M. and Zou, L.

Biography

Jin Huang is Associate Professor in Social Work at the College for Public Health and Social Justice, St. Louis University, USA.





Li Zou is International Director at the Next Age Institute and Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.





Michael Sherraden is the George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor and Founding Director at the Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.