Center for Social Development

AssetsAfrica is a pilot program that tests asset-building innovations for impoverished households and communities in Uganda. Participants purchased motorcycles, bicycles, goats, oxen, and land with the money they saved in their AssetsAfrica savings accounts. The longitudinal quasi-experiment research includes surveys, in-depth interviews, and savings account monitoring.

Principal Investigator: Sherraden, Michael

Point of Contact:

Gina Chowa

Faculty Associate, CSD

chowa@email.unc.edu

	Related Products:
	Publication Year: 2009 Chowa, G., & Sherraden, M. (2009). Wealth effects of an asset-building intervention among rural households in Sub-Saharan Africa (CSD Working Paper 09-57). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development. Chowa, G., & Ansong, D. (2009) Youth and savings in AssetsAfrica (CSD Working Paper 09-32). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development. Ansong, D., & Chowa, G. (2009). Youth saving preferences in Sub-Saharan Africa and the potential for asset accumulation (CSD Working Paper 09-28). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development. Publication Year: 2007 Chowa, G. (2007). Asset building in Sub-Saharan Africa: Toward sustainable economic development for rural farmers (CSD Policy Brief 07-34). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development. Chowa, G., Ansong, D., & Ibrahim, H. (2007). Asset outcomes for women and children: A research review (CSD Working Paper 07-28). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development. Chowa, G., & Elliott, W. (2007). Increasing parent educational expectations for children in Sub-Saharan Africa: The potential role of assets (CSD Working Paper 07-18). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.