The Center for Social Development is broadly engaged in designing and testing social innovations that promote full inclusion, fair treatment, and achievement of one’s full potential. Our research is transdisciplinary and encompasses seven primary areas.

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Research from 2005

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ADD: Lessons From the Uk, Dominic Maxwell and Will Paxton

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African-American: Building the Country, Losing the Land, Trina Williams Shanks

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Age as Asset: The Contribution of Youth and Retirees to Rural Well-Being, Kathleen K. Miller and Brian Dabson

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Aprendizaje y servicio solidaria en las escuelas Argentinas: Una visión descriptiva a partir de las experiencias presentadas al Premio Presidencial Escuelas Solidarias (2000–2001) [K–12 service learning in Argentina], María Nieves Tapia, Alba González, and Pablo Elicegui

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Asset-Building in Rural Areas, Mark Schreiner

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Asset-Building in Rural Communities: The Experience of Individual Asset Accounts, Michal Grinstein-Weiss and Jami Curley

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Asset-Building in Tribal Communities: Generating Native Discussion and Practical Approaches, Sarah Hicks, Karen Edwards, Mary Kate Dennis, and Christy Finsel

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Asset-Building Programs for People With Disabilities in Rural Areas: Including Independent Living and Long-Term Care Planning Education, Michelle Putnam and Fengyan Tang

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Building Financial Bridges to Economic Development and Community Integration: Recommendations for a Research Agenda on Asset Development for People With Disabilities, Michelle Putnam, Michael Sherraden, Karen Edwards, Shirley Porterfield, David Wittenburg, Karen Holder, and Patricia Welch Saleeby

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Building Tribal Economies: Linking Asset Building Strategies, Jordan Lewis

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Children Development Accounts in Africa: A Pilot Study, Fred Ssewamala

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Diffusion of Policy Innovation: The Case of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) as an Asset-Building Policy, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Kristen Wagner, and Karen Edwards

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Educational Status and Savings Performance in Individual Development Accounts, Min Zhan and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

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Enhancing the Value of the Rural Experience Through Improved Connectivity, Brian Dabson

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Evaluation of the American Dream Demonstration: Impacts of IDAs on Participant Savings and Asset Ownership, Gregory Mills

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Examples of Successful Wealth Building in Rural Areas, Jean Schumacher and Ann Ulmer

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Exploration and Use of Individual Development Accounts by Three American Indian Tribes in Oregon, Christina Finsel and Jennifer Russ

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Financial Services and Savings: Theory and Evidence From the American Dream Demonstration, Michael S. Barr

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From Individual Development Accounts to Community Asset Building: An Exploration in Bridging People- and Place-Based Strategies, Solana Rice

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Hope in Concrete Form: The Downpayments on the American Dream Demonstration: Conception, Contributions, Challenges, and Consequences, Robert Friedman

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Immigrants in Rural America: Finding a Foothold, Creating a Home, Kathleen Miller

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Impact of Asset Ownership on Social Inclusion, Margaret Lombe and Michael Sherraden

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In Between Employment and Volunteer Work: Serving as a 'Volontaire' and as a 'Corpsmember' in France and the United States, Maud Simonet

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Inclusion in Asset Building: Testimony for Hearing on "Building Assets for Low-Income Families” Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy Senate Finance Committee, Michael Sherraden

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Inclusion in the American Dream, Michael Sherraden

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Increasing Life Chances for Orphaned Children in Africa: Testing an Asset-Based Development Strategy, Fred Ssewamala and Jami Curley

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In-Depth Interviews With SEED Youth: Profiles of Participants in a Pilot Study, Edward Scanlon and Deborah Adams

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Institutions and Savings in Low-Income Households, Jami Curley, Fred Ssewamala, and Michael Sherraden

International Service and Volunteering: Developments, Impacts and Challenges, Amanda Moore McBride, Angela Ellis Paine, and Justin Davis Smith

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International Service: History and Forms, Pitfalls and Potential, Amanda Moore McBride and Dolly Daftary

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International Service in the Context of Globalization: Research Conference Summary Report, Amanda Moore McBride; Margaret S. Sherraden; Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis; Angela Ellis; Georgina Brewis; and Justin Davis Smith

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K-12 Service Learning in Argentina, Maria Nieves Tapia, Alba González, and Pablo Elicgeui

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Mishlavim Project - the Inclusion of Youth With Special Needs Into National Youth Service in Israel: Program Evaluation Research (2003-2004), Karin Amit and Nicole Fleischer

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Mutual Wealth in Rural America, E. G. Nadeau and Elisabeth Howard

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Overview of Federal Wealth-Building Policies Relevant to Rural America, Jon Bailey

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Participants in SEED: A Report From Account Monitoring Research, Vernon Loke and Margaret Clancy

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Rural America: Historical Overview, Jami C. Curley

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Rural Wealth Building: Native Americans, Eric Henson, Anna Lee, and Luxman Nathan

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Saving and Asset Accumulation Among Low-Income Families With Children in IDAs, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Kristen Wagner, and Fred M. Ssewamala

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Saving in Add: Measures From MIS IDA, Mark Schreiner and Michael Sherraden

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Saving in Low-Income Households: Evidence From Interviews With Participants in the American Dream Demonstration, Michael Sherraden, Amanda Moore McBride, Elizabeth Johnson, Stacie Hanson, Fred M. Ssewamala, and Trina R. Shanks

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Section 529 Savings Plans, Access to Post-Secondary Education, and Universal Asset Building, Margaret Clancy, Reid Cramer, and Leslie Parrish

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SEED Universal Policy Model and Research, Michael Sherraden

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SEED Universal Policy Model and Research Request for Proposal, Michael Sherraden and Margaret M. Clancy

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Service-Learning and Civic Outcomes: From Suggestive Research to Program Models, Suzanne Pritzker and Amanda Moore McBride

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Statism, Youth and Civic Imagination: A Critical Study of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Programme in Nigeria, Ebenezer Obadare

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Status of State Supported IDA Programs in 2005, Naomi Warren and Karen Edwards

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Study on the Effects of the National United Nations Volunteer Program in Mongolia, Tserendorjiin Erdenechimeg, Tumurbaatariin Bulganzaya, and Radnaagiin Gantumur

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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Individual Development Accounts (IDAs): A Good Match?, Karen Edwards

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The Effect of Health Insurance on Savings Outcomes in Individual Development Accounts, Rachel Banov