Publication Date
3-3-2009
Summary
The government of Hong Kong officially launched the HK$300 million Child Development Fund (CDF) in November 2008. In the words of Hong Kong’s Secretary for Labor and Welfare, Mr. Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, the CDF’s purpose was to “capitalize on the strengths of various sectors in the community to help our disadvantaged children.” The Hong Kong government drew upon the asset-building research and experience of the Center for Social Development (CSD) at Washington University in St. Louis. In November 2006, Michael Sherraden of CSD delivered a keynote address at the Child Development Forum organized by the Hong Kong Government’s Commission on Poverty, where initial plans and options were considered.
Document Type
Policy Brief
Category
Financial Inclusion
Subarea
Global Asset Building
Original Citation
Sherraden, M., & Zou, L. (2010, October). Asset-based policy in Hong Kong: Child Development Fund (CSD Policy Brief No. 10-38). St. Louis: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Project
Hong Kong: Child Development Fund
Keywords
Asia, GAP, CDA, child development account
Recommended Citation
Sherraden, M., & Zou, L. (2010, October). Asset-based policy in Hong Kong: Child Development Fund (CSD Policy Brief No. 10-38). St. Louis: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7936/K72B8XMK