Breaking the Cycle: An Asset-Based Family Intervention for Poverty Alleviation in China

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 presents the potential effects on poverty alleviation of asset-based family interventions that include Child Development Accounts in Shan’xi province, China. Findings include positive financial and nonfinancial benefits for children and families who participated in the pilot programs.