Building Assets From Birth: Singapore’s Policies

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 Singapore’s comprehensive asset-building policies. It highlights key features and assesses the overall policy design.