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 2003

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Assets in the Context of Welfare Theory: A Developmentalist Interpretation, James Midgley

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Children's Development Accounts: The Oregon Story, Beverly Stein and Robert Freedman

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Civic Service Worldwide: Social Development Goals and Partnerships, Amanda Moore McBride, Carlos Benítez, and Kwofie Danso

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College Savings Plans and Individual Development Accounts: Potential for Partnership, Margaret Clancy

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Developing Family Development Accounts in Taipei: Policy Innovation From Income to Assets, Li-Chen Cheng

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Disentangling the Dynamics of Family Poverty and Child Disability: Does Disability Come First?, Shirley L. Porterfield and Colleen Tracey

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Economic Factors in Intimate Partner Conflict and Violence, Shannon Collier-Tenison

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Everything You Own Belongs to the Land: Land, Community, and History in Tillery, North Carolina, Derek J. Miller

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Faith-Based Organizations and the Sharing of Social Responsibility: Comparing the Community Programs of African American, Interracial, and White Congregations, Stephanie Boddie

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Federal Policy and Asset Building, Ray Boshara

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Fostering Social Development Through Civic and Political Engagement: How Confidence in Institutions and Agency Matter, Gautam N. Yadama and Natasha Menon

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Individual Development Accounts in Rural Communities: Implications for Research, Michal Grinstein-Weiss and Jami Curley

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Institutional Capacity for Elder Service, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Jim Hinterlong, Michael Sherraden, Fengyan Tang, Prima Thirupathy, and Madhura Nagchoudhuri

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Linking Tax Refunds and Low-Cost Bank Accounts: A Social Development Strategy for Low-Income Families?, Sondra G. Beverly, Jennifer L. Romich, and Jennifer Tescher

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Michigan IDA Partnership: Year 2 Program Evaluation Report, Jan L. Losby, Maria L. Hein, and Jill R. Robinson

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Microenterprise Performance: A Comparison of Experiences in the United States and Uganda, Margaret S. Sherraden, Fred M. Ssewamala, and Cynthia K. Sanders

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North American Community Service Pilot Project, Margaret S. Sherraden and Carlos Benítez

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Rapid Assets Individual Development Accounts, August 2003: Impact Report, Good Faith Fund

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Recommendations From the Field: Individual Development Accounts as Part of a Universal Asset-Building System, Robert O. Zdenek and Beverly Stein

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Savings Outcomes of Single Mothers in Individual Development Accounts, Min Zhan

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Service Enquiry: Service in the 21st Century, Helene Perold, Susan Stroud, and Michael Sherraden

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Service to Civics, Susan Stroud

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Social Development in a Society in Transition, Leila Patel

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State Policy Trends for Individual Development Accounts in the United States: 1993–2003, Karen Edwards and Lisa Marie Mason

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Tax Credits and IDA Programs, Gena S. Gunn, Anupama Jacob, and Melinda Lewis

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The Effects of Individual Development Account Programs: Perceptions of Participants, Amanda Moore McBride, Margaret Lombe, and Sondra G. Beverly

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The Forms and Nature of Civic Service: A Global Assessment, Amanda Moore McBride, Carlos Benítez, Michael Sherraden, Kwofie Danso, Beatriz Castaño, Lissa Johnson, Maury Mendenhall, Erica Smulever, Erdenechimeg Tserendorj, Jenny Brav, and Lacey Clark

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The Impact of National Service on Critical Social Issues: Getting Things Done, Susan Stroud

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The Knowledge Base on Civic Service: Status and Directions, Amanda Moore McBride, Margaret Lombe, Fengyan Tang, Michael Sherraden, and Carlos Benitez

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The Oregon Children's Development Account Story, Robert Freedman

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The Potential for Inclusion in 529 Savings Plans: Report on a Survey of States, Margaret Clancy and Michael Sherraden

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The Struggle to Make Ends Meet: Teen Employment and the 1996 Federal Welfare Legislation, Shirley L. Porterfield and Anne E. Winkler

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Toward Measurement of Civic Service, Fengyan Tang, Amanda Moore McBride, and Michael Sherraden

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Using Tax Refunds to Promote Asset Building in Low-Income Households: Program and Policy Options, Sondra G. Beverly and Colleen Dailey

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Volunteers of National Youth Service in Israel: A Study on Motivation for Service, Social Attitudes, and Volunteers' Satisfaction, Reuven Gal, Karin Amit, Nicole Fleischer, and Nancy Strichman

Research from 2002

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Asset-Based Policy and the Child Trust Fund, Michael Sherraden

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Crossing Divides: New Common Ground on Poverty and Economic Security, Tammy Draut, David Callahan, and Corinna Hawkes

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Design, Implementation, and Administration of Individual Development Account Programs, Downpayments on the American Dream Policy Demonstration: A National Demonstration of Individual Development Accounts, Deborah Adams

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Drop-Out From Individual Development Accounts: Prediction and Prevention, Mark Schreiner and Michael Sherraden

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Effects of Mothers' Assets on Expectations and Children's Educational Achievement in Female-Headed Households, Min Zhan and Michael Sherraden

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Friends, Family, and Neighborhood: Understanding Academic Outcomes of African American Youth, Trina Williams, Larry Davis, Julie Miller-Cribbs, Jeanne Saunders, and James Herbert Williams

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Gender Differences in Self-Perceptions and Academic Outcomes: A Study of African American High School Students, Jeanne Saunders, Larry Davis, Trina Williams, and Julie Miller Cribbs

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Income, Institutions, and Saving Performance in Individual Development Accounts, Michael Sherraden, Mark Schreiner, and Sondra Beverly

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Increasing Access to Housing for Low-Income Families, Courtney Smith

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Individual Development Accounts: Summary of Research, Michael Sherraden

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Limitations of Civic Service: Critical Perspectives, Jenny Brav, Amanda Moore McBride, and Michael Sherraden

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Predicting Positive Academic Intentions Among African American Males and Females, Larry Davis

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Saving Performance in the American Dream Demonstration: A National Demonstration of Individual Development Accounts, Mark Schreiner, Margaret Clancy, and Michael Sherraden

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School-Based Savings Programs, 1930-2002, Ashley Cruce

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State of Delaware: Governor's Task Force for Financial Independence, State of Delaware