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Autore: |
Miller-Adams Michelle <1959->
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Titolo: |
Owning up : poverty, assets, and the American dream / / Michelle Miller-Adams
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Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2002 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
Disciplina: | 362.50973 |
362.582 | |
Soggetto topico: | Poverty - Government policy - United States |
Poor - United States - Finance, Personal | |
Saving and investment - Government policy - United States | |
Economic assistance, Domestic - United States | |
Public welfare - United States | |
Welfare recipients - United States - Economic conditions | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Economic conditions 1981-2001 |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Building Assets; CHAPTER TWO: Coming Home; CHAPTER THREE: On Common Ground; CHAPTER FOUR: Work with a Future; CHAPTER FIVE: Making It Her Business; CHAPTER SIX: Can the Poor Save?; Epilogue; Notes; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | This text is about assets and the difference they can make in the lives of the poor. It expands the concept of asset building to encompass a range of skills and support systems that are necessary to lift people out of poverty. It identifies four types of asset: economic, human, social and natural. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Owning up ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-280-81267-2 |
9786610812677 | |
0-8157-0641-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910828944703321 |
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