Financial Capability and Asset Development
Research, Education, Policy, and Practice
1st Edition
Published on 11. January 2013
380 pages
978-0-19-934416-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book introduces the concept of financial capability and assembles the latest evidence from ground-breaking innovations with financially vulnerable families, and links it to education, policy, and practice. This book is a key resource for those interested in improving financial education and financial products and services for low-income families.
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Julie Birkenmaier | Jami Curley | Margaret Sherraden
Financial Education and Capability
Research, Education, Policy, and Practice
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction
- PART ONE: Theory and Background
- 1. Building Blocks of Financial Capability
- 2. Social Workers and Financial Capability in the Profession's First Half-Century
- 3. Paradigms of Anti-poverty Policy
- PART TWO: Innovations in Financial Capability
- 4. Financial Capability among Survivors of Domestic Violence
- 5. Low-Income Parents of Preschool Children: Financial Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviors, and Ownership
- 6. Financial Issues and an Aging Population: Responding to an Increased Potential for Financial Abuse and Exploitation
- 7. Improving Financial Capacity among Low-Income Immigrants: Effects of a Financial Education Program
- 8. Developing Financial Capability through IDA Saving Clubs
- 9. Income Tax Time as a Time to Build Financial Capability
- 10. Building Financial Capability of Native American Households: The Role of the EITC
- 11. Financial and Asset-Building Capabilities of Southwest Border Working Families: An Action Research Approach to Culturally Responsive Economic Resiliency Behaviors
- PART THREE: Social Work Education, Practice, and Curriculum Development
- 12. Financial Capabilities of Service Providers in the Asset-Building Field
- 13. The Role of Social Work in Financial Capability: Shaping Curricular Approaches
- 14. Building the Capacity of Social Workers to Enhance Financial Capability and Asset Development
- 15. Conclusion: Building Financial Capability and Assets of Financially Vulnerable Families
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