Child development accounts (CDAs): An asset-building strategy to empower girls in Uganda
| Autor: | Jami Curley, Fred M. Ssewamala, Proscovia Nabunya, Han Chang Keun, Vilma Ilic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Economic growth
Sociology and Political Science Inequality business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Asset building Child development Article 050906 social work Intervention (counseling) Health care 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Asset (economics) Sociology 0509 other social sciences Empowerment business Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Savings account 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Social Work. 59:18-31 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7234 0020-8728 |
| Popis: | This study explores an innovative intervention for orphaned children in Uganda. It combines standard health care with an economic empowerment component. We refer to this combination as a family asset-based intervention, which provides each child with a child development account (CDA), a matched savings account for secondary schooling; financial education; and a mentor. This article examines the educational outcomes of the girls in this study. The results from the first two waves of the study indicate that CDAs have the potential to begin to help negate the effects of past gender inequalities and to help provide a path for young girls to move forward. |
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