Publication Date
7-1-2008
Summary
Asset building is a growing theme in public policy, and building assets from birth in the form of Child Development Accounts is now occurring in several countries. This paper provides an overview of the Child Development Account policies in Singapore, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Korea, and the proposed policy in the United States. The key elements of inclusiveness, progressivity, coherence and integration, and development are explicated and discussed.
Document Type
Working Paper
Category
Financial Inclusion
Subarea
Global Asset Building
Original Citation
Loke, V., & Sherraden, M. (2008). Building assets from birth: A global comparison of Child Development Account policies (CSD Working Paper No. 08-03). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Project
Global Assets Project
Keywords
child development account, social policy, GAP, CDA, child savings, international, comparative perspective
Recommended Citation
Loke, V., & Sherraden, M. (2008). Building assets from birth: A global comparison of Child Development Account policies (CSD Working Paper No. 08-03). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7H131KD
Notes
Subsequent publication: Loke, V. & Sherraden, M. (2009). Building assets from birth: A global comparison of Child Development Account policies. International Journal of Social Work, 18(2), 119–129. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00605.x