A Qualitative Study on Participants’ Perceptions of Child Development Accounts in Korea

This article was published as part of “Inclusive Child Development Accounts: Toward Universality and Progressivity,” a special issue of the Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development. The issue builds upon contributions to the International Symposium on Inclusion in Asset Building: Policy Innovation and Social Impacts, which was convened at the National University of Singapore in 2017.

This paper examines Child Development Accounts implemented in Korea in 2007. It presents findings that CDAs have a positive influence on children and concludes with policy recommendations to make CDAs more inclusive and progressive.