Asset-Building Policies and Innovations in Asia
Asia has long been a testing ground for efforts to augment financial and social security by developing assets that may support individuals and households and contribute to long-term social development. Rapid growth in the number and breadth of asset-based social policies has prompted Asian scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to share lessons from current efforts and chart future directions.
This book offers a unique collection of macro- and micro-level analyses on asset-based social development and compares and contrasts national social policies across the Asia Pacific region. Many asset-building policies and programmes have been undertaken in Asia, and innovative proposals continue to emerge. The contributions in this book present and assess this broad, often nuanced, and evolving landscape, and offer an insightful analysis of the evolution of asset-building policies, innovative programmes in rural populations, asset-based interventions to facilitate the development and well-being of children, as well as case studies on new, ground-breaking asset-building projects.
Asset-Building Policies and Innovation in Asia will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Asian social policy, social welfare, social development, and social work.
Michael Sherraden is George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work and Director, Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Li Zou is International Director and Director of the Global Assets Project, Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Hok-bun Ku is Associate Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Suo Deng is Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Peking University, China.
Sibin Wang is Professor, Department of Sociology, Peking University, China.
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Asset-Building Policies and Innovations in Asia
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Contents
MICHAEL SHERRADEN, LI ZOU, HOK-BUN KU, SUO DENG, AND SIBIN WANG
PART I
Asset-building policies
JAMES LEE
ROSS CLARE
SIEW-YONG YEW
CHANG-KEUN HAN AND YOUNGMI KIM
LI ZOU, LI-CHEN CHENG, EUNLYE LEE, CIWANG TEYRA, CHUN-YI CHEN, AND SUNG SUK SONG
TAN TAI YONG AND HO KONG CHONG
KOK-HOE NG
PART II
Asset building and diverse populations
CHARLES C. CHAN, SIMON M.K. LAI, EDDIE C.W. NG, AND WENDY S.Y. LAU
SHARAD SHARMA, LI ZOU, LISSA JOHNSON, YUNGSOO LEE, AND GYANESH LAMA
SUO DENG AND YU MENG
JIN HUANG
BAORONG GUO, XINCAI GUO, AND LI ZOU
HOK-BUN KU
WAI-FONG TING
DE YU ZHAO AND MINCHAO JIN
TOIVGOO AIRA, SUSAN S. WITTE, LAURA CORDISCO TSAI, MARION RIEDEL, AND FRED M. SSEWAMALA
WIMONMAT SRICHAMROEN
PARICHART VALAISATHIEN
MICHAEL SHERRADEN
Toivgoo Aira, Executive Director, Wellspring NGO.
Charles C. Chan, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Chun-yi Chen, Doctoral Student, Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University.
Li-Chen Cheng, Professor, Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University.
Ho Kong Chong, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore.
Ross Clare, Director of Research, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA).
Suo Deng, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Peking University.
Baorong Guo, Associate Professor, University of MissouriSt. Louis School of Social Work.
Xincai Guo, Former Director, Hutubi County Rural Retirement Social Insurance Office, Xinjiang, China.
Chang-Keun Han, Associate Professor, Department of Social Welfare, Sungkyunkwan University.
Jin Huang, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, St. Louis University.
Minchao Jin, Doctoral Student, George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.
Lissa Johnson, Director of Administration, Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis.
Youngmi Kim, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Hok-Bun Ku, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Simon M. K. Lai, Research Associate, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
