Michael Sherraden

Can the Poor Save?

Saving and Asset Building in Individual Development Accounts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Many policymakers argue that the best poverty policy not only provides cash to the poor for subsistence but also incentives and structures that encourage long-term social and economic improvement

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 885g
• ISBN-13: 9780202308364
• ISBN-10: 0202308367
• Artikelnr.: 21478268

Autorenporträt

Michael Sherraden

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements
1. Why Saving and Asset Accumulation by the Poor?
2. A Theory of Saving and Asset Building by the Poor in IDAs
3. The American Dream Demonstration
4. Participants in ADD
5. Savings Outcomes in ADD
6. IDA Design, Program Structure, and IDA Savings Outcomes
7. Participant Characteristics and Savings Outcomes
8. Toward Inclusion in Asset-Based Policy
References
Index