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Developing family development accounts in Taipei: policy innovation from income to assets

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  • Cheng, Li-Chen

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In July 2000, the Taipei City Government launched an anti-poverty program, Taipei Family Development Accounts, which drew heavily on Sherraden¿s asset-based welfare theory, and was to provide matched savings accounts for low-income families in the City. This paper presents the ¿income to assets¿ policy shift process and a research summary on the participants to date.

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  • Cheng, Li-Chen, 2004. "Developing family development accounts in Taipei: policy innovation from income to assets," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 6308, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    1. Peter Saunders & Timothy Smeeding, 1998. "How Do the Elderly in Taiwan Fare Cross-Nationally? Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Project," LIS Working papers 183, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
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    Keywords

    family development accounts (Taipei); poverty; assets-building;
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    JEL classification:

    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance

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