Breaking the cycle: an asset-based family intervention for poverty alleviation in China

ABSTRACT

Limited attention is given to how the poverty alleviation benefits children’s development and breaking the transmission of intergenerational poverty in China. Based on two pilot programmes, Chunyu and Qianshou, in Shan’xi province, this study presents the potential effects of an asset-based family intervention that incorporates Child Development Accounts (CDAs) and parental support services on children and families. This study finds that the implementation of the programmes has positive financial and nonfinancial benefits for children and their families. The CDAs may serve as a key mechanism to integrate and strengthen the effect of asset building and parental involvement.

KEYWORDS:

• Poverty alleviation
• CDAs
• asset building
• co-production

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1. We use initials of the interviewee’s name for anonymity (same as below).

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Suo Deng

Suo Deng is an Associate Professor at Sociology Department of Peking University. His research focuses on povery and social policy, particularly in the area of asset building and child weflare policies. Dr. Deng currently serves as Deputy Director of Peking University- Hong Kong Polytechnic University China Social Work Research Centre.