Items tagged ‘Financial-Inclusion’
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What Can Canada Teach Us About Child Savings Accounts?
New Report
Guest Blog Post: This post is contributed by Willie Elliott, Director of the Assets and Education Initiative at the University of Kansas and Asset ... -
Guest Post: How Much Would You Spend to Save $19 Million a Year?
Editor's note: This op-ed was originally published in the San Jose Mercury News and is co-authored by Paul Tepper, Executive Director of the Wester... -
New Report Highlights the Business Case to Make Youth Savings Work
New AmericaWashington, DC – The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) released a report today that examines the business considerations for financial s... -
New Report Highlights the Business Case for Youth Savings
New AmericaWashington, DC – The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) released a report today that examines the business considerations for financial s... -
Recommended Standards for TANF Payment Card Contracts
Aleta Sprague Elizabeth Lower-BaschFamilies participating in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF/cash assistance) often must pay significant fees and surcharges... -
The Assets Perspective
The Rise of Asset Building and its Impact on Social Policy
I am very pleased to announce the publication of The Assets Perspective: The Rise of Asset Building and it Impact on Social Policy. It’s a 13-chapt... - policy paper | March 03, 2014 | Asset Building
The Financial Health Check
A Behavioral Approach to Financial Coaching
Antoinette Schoar Piyush TantiaManaging day-to-day finances is about as complex as changing the oil in a car – with some skill and instruction we can manage it, but there’s a goo... - policy paper | February 25, 2014 | Asset Building
Connecting Tax Time to Financial Security
Designing Public Policy with Evidence from the Field
The ability to accumulate and access savings is a fundamental determinant of economic security for many families, especially those with low incomes... -
Taxing the Poor
Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged
Katherine S Newman Rourke O'BrienThis book looks at the way we tax the poor in the United States, particularly in the American South, where poor families are often subject to incom...