Can the Poor Save? - Saving and Asset Building in Individual Development Accounts

Informationen zum Autor Michael Sherraden Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung 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 Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Mark Schreiner, Mark Sherraden Schreiner, Mark/ Sherraden Schreiner, Michael Sherraden, Sherraden Michael
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2005
• EAN: 9780202308364
• ISBN: 978-0-202-30836-4
• No. of pages: 568
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, Banking, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies