Asset building represents a distinct theoretical perspective in the field of antipoverty social work, a perspective that is essential for antipoverty work in modern mainland China. This chapter details a framework for conceptualizing saving and asset accumulation and reviews evidence on the framework’s validity.
This chapter appears in 资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in anti-poverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights], which was edited by Suo Deng, Jin Huang, Shu Fang, and Xiaochun Zhou and published by East China University of Science and Technology Press.
Project: Financial Capability and Asset Building
Citation
Beverly, S. G., Sherraden, M., Cramer, R., Shanks, T. R., & Nam, Y. (2023). Determinants of asset building. In S. Deng, J. Huang, S. Fang, & X. Zhou (Eds.), 资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in anti-poverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights] (Chap. 1). East China University of Science and Technology Press.