​The Assets@21 symposium provided an opportunity to take stock of the field’s progress since the publication of Michael Sherraden’s 1991 ground-breaking book, Assets and the Poor.

​A gift of $750,000 from Wells Fargo Advisors will fund the Financial Capability and Asset Building program in the Brown School’s Center for Social Development (CSD).

​Sheldon Garon, the world’s leading historian in “popular savings”initiatives, will speak and answer questions at Washington University on Thursday, April 26.

Symposium on International Research and Innovation will examine the process and experiences of building international research partnerships and highlight innovations in economic empowerment and financial inclusion in international settings.

​New research conducted by Brown School Assistant Professor Aaron Hipp finds that even neighborhoods with close proximity to large public parks have high health disparities.

​The “Work & Livable Lives Conference” addressed current employment-related challenges and how they limit the ability of U.S. households to lead secure and stable lives, raise children successfully, and contribute to the community.

​Jonathan Mintz presented on how financial empowerment programming can be woven into traditional social services to achieve a “supervitamin” effect.

​Creating a Financial Stake in College” presents research results that show savings during childhood is associated with positive college outcomes.

​Michael Sherraden’s book, Assets and the Poor: A New American Welfare Policy, broke new ground on social policy in 1991. Twenty years later, its impact still is being felt around the world.

​Population aging is a major concern across the globe, and nowhere is the challenge more daunting than in China. By 2050, China’s seniors will total 480 million — one-third of its entire population.

​The report, coauthored by Benjamin Lough and seven other scholars, is unprecedented in its scope, comprehensively documenting the contributions of volunteers to economic and social development throughout the world.

Robert Putnam, Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard and author of the acclaimed "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community," suggests that regular church attendance and a close relationship with your Aunt Susan may make life with a low or moderate income stable, secure, satisfying, and successful. 

​Early findings on institutional context for youth savings products in each of the YouthSave countries reflect the perspectives of key informants from partner institutions, financial institutions, and government ministries for youth and development.

​A recently released CSD report examines the program design of all state 529 savings match programs and offers recommendations aimed to facilitate access, increase program participation and perhaps reduce administrative costs.

​The YouthSave Learning Agenda published by the Center for Social Development at Washington University articulates the questions and methods that guide YouthSave research.