Owning up : poverty, assets, and the American dream /

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This text is about assets and the difference they can make in the lives of the poor. It expands the concept of asset building to encompass a range of skills and support systems that are necessary to lift people out of poverty. It identifies four types of asset: economic, human, social and natural.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Miller-Adams, Michelle, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
1981-2001
Poverty > Government policy > United States.
Poor > United States > Finance, Personal.
Saving and investment > Government policy > United States.
Economic assistance, Domestic > United States.
Public welfare > United States.
Welfare recipients > United States > Economic conditions.
Pauvreté > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Aide sociale > Bénéficiaires > États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Economic assistance, Domestic
Economic history
Poor > Finance, Personal
Poverty > Government policy
Public welfare
Saving and investment > Government policy
Welfare recipients > Economic conditions
United States > Economic conditions > 1981-2001.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 1981-2001.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Building assets
  • Coming home
  • On common ground
  • Work with a future
  • Making it her business
  • Can the poor save?

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