Health

Household Assets and Health in China: Evidence and Policy Implications

Global Assets — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:23:51 -0400

Household Assets and Health in China: Evidence and Policy Implications
Guo, B., Zhang, L., & Sherraden, M. (2008) (CSD Working Paper 08-28). St. Louis: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Impact of Rural Banking Program on Savings, Consumption Smoothing, and Intra-Household Resource Allocation in Kenya

Global Assets — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:44:05 -0400

Impact of Rural Banking Program on Savings, Consumption Smoothing, and Intra-Household Resource Allocation in Kenya

Products to Serve an HIV/AIDS-Affected Market: Savings (USAID Microfinance and HIV/AIDS Note 4)

Global Assets — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:22:30 -0400

This micro

"Banking Options for Children in Situations of Vulnerability, Compounded by HIV/AIDS"

Global Assets — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:01:44 -0400

This discussion paper, published in December 2007 by the India HIV/AIDS Alliance, aims to explore "the need for institutional banking facilities for those children who have no fixed address, guardian or parent" and recommend "policy and legal changes that may facilitate the provision of bank

"Integrating Savings into Care and Support of Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in Uganda"

Global Assets — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:39:52 -0400

This presentation presents lessons from the SUUBI and SEED research programs that test the impact of children's development accounts (CDAs) on educational planning and HIV/AIDS prevention attitudes of orphaned and vulnerable children in Uganda.

"A Novel Economic Intervention to Reduce HIV Risks Among School-Going AIDS Orphans in Rural Uganda"

Global Assets — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:23:46 -0500

This paper, published by New America Foundation Senior Fellow Fred Ssewamala and co-authors in the Journal of Adolescent Health in 2008, describes findings of a study that tested an economic intervention for AIDS-orphaned adolescents in Uganda.

"Women and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Problems and Prospects for Heifer Projects"

Global Assets — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:32:35 -0400

In this Center for Social Development working paper, Fred M.

"School Attendance of Orphaned Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Family Assets"

Global Assets — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:57:47 -0400

In this article, Fred M. Ssewamala and Jami Curley explore caretaking options for the increasing number of orphaned children in sub-Saharan Africa. "Policy should start moving toward empowering these families with asset-ownership opportunities," the authors posit.

"Saving for What?" - An Interview with New America Foundation's Ray Boshara

Global Assets — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:22:44 -0400

In an interview posted on Microfinance Gateway, Ray Boshara, Director of the Asset Building Program at New America Foundation explains how asset building can enhance microfinance programs.

"Economic Empowerment as a Health Care Intervention among Orphaned Children in Rural Uganda"

Global Assets — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:43:39 -0400

SEED Uganda Project

Global Assets — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:15:22 -0400

A Global Assets Project Initiative
Principal Investigator: Dr. Fred Ssewamala (Senior Research Fellow)

The SUUBI Program

Global Assets — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:57:13 -0400

A Global Assets Project Initiative
Principal Investigator: Dr. Fred Ssewamala