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Recent Publications
Building Social Work Capacity in Ukraine in Times of War: The Role of Global Social Work Engagement
Meeting the Grand Challenge to Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment
Eliminate Racism, Reduce Extreme Economic Inequality, and Build Financial Capabilities and Assets for All; Universal Child Development Accounts to Develop All Children and Reduce Racial Wealth Inequality
Featured Events
Social Innovation by Natural-Resource Wealth: Kazakhstan’s National Fund for Children
Fall 2024 Seminar Series
Engaging Social Workers and Students in the 2024 Election
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.