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Announcing The New CSD!
Center for Social Development, Social Policy Institute Announce Strategic Integration
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Recent Publications
Moving Forward from SECURE 2.0: Building on the Law’s Most Effective Provisions, Closing the Access Gap, and Reforming Social Security
“Salt and Eat It or No Salt and Trash It?” Shifts in Support for School Meal Program Flexibilities in Public Comments
Fossil Fuel Wealth for Human Development: CDAs Continue in Kazakhstan with Second Year Deposits
PCCI Direct Cash Transfer Project: Final Report
Featured Events
Bridging Data Divides: Collaborating for Impact
New Insights on SECURE 2.0: Charting the Path for Retirement Policy Opportunities
Financial Inclusion: A Growing Focus in International Social Development
Featured Projects
Financial Capability & Asset Building in Africa (FCAB Africa)
Asset Building
The Financial Capability & Asset Building in Africa (FCAB Africa) initiative aims to increase financial capability and asset holding among socially and financially marginalized populations in Africa. By improving financial stability and security in these populations, the initiative seeks to strengthen their social and economic well-being.
SEED for Oklahoma Kids (SEED OK)
Asset Building
The SEED OK experiment, which began in 2007, is a large-scale policy test of universal, automatic, and progressive Child Development Accounts. The CDA uses the Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan platform.
Financial Capability & Asset Building (FCAB)
Asset Building
We are building a body of evidence in financial capability, defined as both the knowledge to make optimal financial decisions and access to appropriate and beneficial financial services.