Overview of Child Development Accounts in developing countries

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1561-1569

  Meyer, Jeff ^a   Masa, Rainier D ^b   Zimmerman, Jamie M ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Development Accounts; Financial inclusion; Savings; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956435583     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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