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中国农村资产社会政策: 社会养老保险制度的变革 [Asset-Based Policy In Rural China: An Innovation In The Retirement Social Insurance Program], Baorong Guo, Jin Huang, Li Zou, Michael Sherraden
中国农村资产社会政策: 社会养老保险制度的变革 [Asset-Based Policy In Rural China: An Innovation In The Retirement Social Insurance Program], Baorong Guo, Jin Huang, Li Zou, Michael Sherraden
Center for Social Development Research
In response to the growing rural-urban inequality, China is undertaking a series of policy initiatives to promote rural development. In addition to redistributive policies aiming at social protection, asset-based policy, which integrates social protection and social investment, is another viable option for progressive rural development. In 1998, the Hutubi local government in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China implemented an innovative retirement program which allows account holders to use accounts as legal collateral to borrow small loans and invest in productive assets such as farming supplies and equipment, education, and small businesses. Using the data gathered by the program …
中国呼图壁养老保险质押贷款项目双重激: 励和双重资产积累 [Dual Incentives And Dual Asset Building: The Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan Program In China], Baorong Guo, Jin Huang, Michael Sherraden, Li Zou
中国呼图壁养老保险质押贷款项目双重激: 励和双重资产积累 [Dual Incentives And Dual Asset Building: The Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan Program In China], Baorong Guo, Jin Huang, Michael Sherraden, Li Zou
Center for Social Development Research
The Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan program is a policy innovation in a rural area of China by loaning savings in social security accounts back to peasants for them to purchase assets for agricultural and other development. In contrast to the nationwide recession in rural social security, this program has shown its success in proliferating rural social security funds and retaining social security participants. With a focus on the administrative data of the loan program, this study aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the loan program and examine how asset building is possible for the poor when institutional incentives …
Vita Sites: Linking Tax Returns And Asset Building Strategies In Indian Country, Kristen Wagner, Karen Edwards, Amy Locklear Hertel, Miriam Jorgensen, Dana Klar
Vita Sites: Linking Tax Returns And Asset Building Strategies In Indian Country, Kristen Wagner, Karen Edwards, Amy Locklear Hertel, Miriam Jorgensen, Dana Klar
Center for Social Development Research
On an individual and family basis, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has important poverty alleviation characteristics. Few populations or places in the United States are as needful of the dollars provided by EITC receipt as Indian Country. The receipt of EITC will not alleviate poverty in Indian Country alone, but can be a viable start by providing thousands of dollars to families in Native communities. During the two years this project has been underway, more than 9,000 tax returns have been filed at 14 Voluntary Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites serving Indian Country. The study examined the number of …
Dual Incentives And Dual Asset Building: The Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan Program In China, Baorong Guo, Jin Huang, Michael Sherraden, Li Zou
Dual Incentives And Dual Asset Building: The Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan Program In China, Baorong Guo, Jin Huang, Michael Sherraden, Li Zou
Center for Social Development Research
The Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan program is a policy innovation in a rural area of China by loaning savings in social security accounts back to peasants for them to purchase assets for agricultural and other development. In contrast to the nationwide recession in rural social security, this program has shown its success in proliferating rural social security funds and retaining social security participants. With a focus on the administrative data of the loan program, this study aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the loan program and examine how asset building is possible for the poor when institutional incentives …
The Balance Sheets Of Low-Income Households: What We Know About Their Assets And Liabilities., Adam Carasso, Signe-Mary Mckernan
The Balance Sheets Of Low-Income Households: What We Know About Their Assets And Liabilities., Adam Carasso, Signe-Mary Mckernan
Center for Social Development Research
The Balance Sheets of Low-Income Households: What We Know About Their Assets and Liabilities.
Asset-Based Policy In Rural China: An Innovation In The Retirement Social Insurance Program, Baorong Guo, Jin Huang, Li Zou, Michael Sherraden
Asset-Based Policy In Rural China: An Innovation In The Retirement Social Insurance Program, Baorong Guo, Jin Huang, Li Zou, Michael Sherraden
Center for Social Development Research
In response to the growing rural-urban inequality, China is undertaking a series of policy initiatives to promote rural development. In addition to redistributive policies aiming at social protection, asset-based policy, which integrates social protection and social investment, is another viable option for progressive rural development. In 1998, the Hutubi local government in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China implemented an innovative retirement program which allows account holders to use accounts as legal collateral to borrow small loans and invest in productive assets such as farming supplies and equipment, education, and small businesses. Using the data gathered by the program …
Seed For Oklahoma Kids: Summary Of Project, Research, And Policy Implications, Michael Sherraden, Margaret M. Clancy
Seed For Oklahoma Kids: Summary Of Project, Research, And Policy Implications, Michael Sherraden, Margaret M. Clancy
Center for Social Development Research
SEED for Oklahoma Kids: Summary of Project, Research, and Policy Implications