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Building A Lifetime Of Economic Security: Mobilizing For Change, Center For Social Development
Building A Lifetime Of Economic Security: Mobilizing For Change, Center For Social Development
Center for Social Development Research
Building a Lifetime of Economic Security: Mobilizing for Change
Global Savings, Assets And Financial Inclusion: Lessons, Challenges, And Directions, Jamie M. Zimmerman, Ray Boshara, Michael Sherraden, Li Zou, Kate Mckee, Leslie Meek-Wohl, Amy Feldman
Global Savings, Assets And Financial Inclusion: Lessons, Challenges, And Directions, Jamie M. Zimmerman, Ray Boshara, Michael Sherraden, Li Zou, Kate Mckee, Leslie Meek-Wohl, Amy Feldman
Center for Social Development Research
Global Savings, Assets and Financial Inclusion: Lessons, Challenges, and Directions
Using Individual Development Accounts For Microenterprise Development, Fred M. Ssewamala, Margaret Lombe, Jami C. Curley
Using Individual Development Accounts For Microenterprise Development, Fred M. Ssewamala, Margaret Lombe, Jami C. Curley
Center for Social Development Research
This study examines whether there is a role for microenterprise development as an anti-poverty strategy in the United States. This question is important because skeptical views exist regarding whether, generally, poor Americans would have the enthusiasm to undertake the risk of dealing with small-businesses, especially given that the United States has a public welfare system to take care of the poor and “abundant jobs” for those with the skills—compared to most developing countries where the only alternative open for a family investing in a small-business may be starvation. Using data from 14 community-based programs promoting small-business investment through Individual Development …
Microenterprise Performance: A Comparison Of Experiences In The United States And Uganda, Margaret S. Sherraden, Fred M. Ssewamala, Cynthia K. Sanders
Microenterprise Performance: A Comparison Of Experiences In The United States And Uganda, Margaret S. Sherraden, Fred M. Ssewamala, Cynthia K. Sanders
Center for Social Development Research
This article compares microenterprise performance in the United States and Uganda. In-depth interview data and published sources suggest that many of the same factors affect business performance in both countries although scale and details vary considerably. Micro, mezzo, and macro strategies are proposed to maximize entrepreneurial effort, reduce barriers, and strengthen institutional and policy support in both contexts.
Crossing Divides: New Common Ground On Poverty And Economic Security, Tammy Draut, David Callahan, Corinna Hawkes
Crossing Divides: New Common Ground On Poverty And Economic Security, Tammy Draut, David Callahan, Corinna Hawkes
Center for Social Development Research
Crossing Divides: New Common Ground on Poverty and Economic Security