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This book provides the best single overview of the theory behind the creation of the IDA American Demonstration Project, the structure of the ADD, and findings from the project. The account is comprehensive and balanced. This is a must-read book for everyone interested in poverty in the U.S. --John Caskey, Department of Economics, Swarthmore College Michael Sherraden and his colleagues have been at the forefront of developing new ideas for asset-building policy and practice for nearly two decades. This new book by Schreiner and Sherraden again shows why. It is a remarkable demonstration of how disciplined, engaged, and creative social science research can help low-income families to transform their lives. --Michael S. Barr, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School -The book will be an important touchstone for debates on new ways to truly expand economic opportunities for all citizens.- --Jonathan Morduch, New York University -This book provides the best single overview of the theory behind the creation of the IDA American Demonstration Project, the structure of the ADD, and findings from the project. The account is comprehensive and balanced. This is a must-read book for everyone interested in poverty in the U.S.- --John Caskey, Department of Economics, Swarthmore College -Michael Sherraden and his colleagues have been at the forefront of developing new ideas for asset-building policy and practice for nearly two decades. This new book by Schreiner and Sherraden again shows why. It is a remarkable demonstration of how disciplined, engaged, and creative social science research can help low-income families to transform their lives.- --Michael S. Barr, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School The book will be an important touchstone for debates on new ways to truly expand economic opportunities for all citizens. --Jonathan Morduch, New York University This book provides the best single overview of the theory behind the creation of the IDA American Demonstration Project, the structure of the ADD, and findings from the project. The account is comprehensive and balanced. This is a must-read book for everyone interested in poverty in the U.S. --John Caskey, Department of Economics, Swarthmore College Michael Sherraden and his colleagues have been at the forefront of developing new ideas for asset-building policy and practice for nearly two decades. This new book by Schreiner and Sherraden again shows why. It is a remarkable demonstration of how disciplined, engaged, and creative social science research can help low-income families to transform their lives. --Michael S. Barr, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School The book will be an important touchstone for debates on new ways to truly expand economic opportunities for all citizens. --Jonathan Morduch, New York University This book provides the best single overview of the theory behind the creation of the IDA American Demonstration Project, the structure of the ADD, and findings from the project. The account is comprehensive and balanced. This is a must-read book for everyone interested in poverty in the U.S. --John Caskey, Department of Economics, Swarthmore College Michael Sherraden and his colleagues have been at the forefront of developing new ideas for asset-building policy and practice for nearly two decades. This new book by Schreiner and Sherraden again shows why. It is a remarkable demonstration of how disciplined, engaged, and creative social science research can help low-income families to transform their lives. --Michael S. Barr, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School This book provides the best single overview of the theory behind the creation of the IDA American Demonstration Project, the structure of the ADD, and findings from the project. The account is comprehensive and balanced. This is a must-read book for everyone interested in poverty in the U.S. -- John Caskey, Department of Economics, Swarthmore College Michael Sherraden and his colleagues have been at the forefront of developing new ideas for asset-building policy and practice for nearly two decades. This new book by Schreiner and Sherraden again shows why. It is a remarkable demonstration of how disciplined, engaged, and creative social science research can help low-income families to transform their lives. -- Michael S. Barr, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

This book provides the best single overview of the theory behind the creation of the IDA American Demonstration Project, the structure of the ADD, and findings from the project. The account is comprehensive and balanced. This is a must-read book for everyone interested in poverty in the U.S. --John Caskey, Department of Economics, Swarthmore College Michael Sherraden and his colleagues have been at the forefront of developing new ideas for asset-building policy and practice for nearly two decades. This new book by Schreiner and Sherraden again shows why. It is a remarkable demonstration of how disciplined, engaged, and creative social science research can help low-income families to transform their lives. --Michael S. Barr, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School -The book will be an important touchstone for debates on new ways to truly expand economic opportunities for all citizens.- --Jonathan Morduch, New York University -This book provides the best single overview of the theory behind the creation of the IDA American Demonstration Project, the structure of the ADD, and findings from the project. The account is comprehensive and balanced. This is a must-read book for everyone interested in poverty in the U.S.- --John Caskey, Department of Economics, Swarthmore College -Michael Sherraden and his colleagues have been at the forefront of developing new ideas for asset-building policy and practice for nearly two decades. This new book by Schreiner and Sherraden again shows why. It is a remarkable demonstration of how disciplined, engaged, and creative social science research can help low-income families to transform their lives.- --Michael S. Barr, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School The book will be an important touchstone for debates on new ways to truly expand economic opportunities for all citizens. --Jonathan Morduch, New York University This book provides the best single overview of the theory behind the creation of the IDA American Demonstration Project, the structure of the ADD, and findings from the project. The account is comprehensive and balanced. This is a must-read book for everyone interested in poverty in the U.S. --John Caskey, Department of Economics, Swarthmore College Michael Sherraden and his colleagues have been at the forefront of developing new ideas for asset-building policy and practice for nearly two decades. This new book by Schreiner and Sherraden again shows why. It is a remarkable demonstration of how disciplined, engaged, and creative social science research can help low-income families to transform their lives. --Michael S. Barr, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School The book will be an important touchstone for debates on new ways to truly expand economic opportunities for all citizens. --Jonathan Morduch, New York University This book provides the best single overview of the theory behind the creation of the IDA American Demonstration Project, the structure of the ADD, and findings from the project. The account is comprehensive and balanced. This is a must-read book for everyone interested in poverty in the U.S. --John Caskey, Department of Economics, Swarthmore College Michael Sherraden and his colleagues have been at the forefront of developing new ideas for asset-building policy and practice for nearly two decades. This new book by Schreiner and Sherraden again shows why. It is a remarkable demonstration of how disciplined, engaged, and creative social science research can help low-income families to transform their lives. --Michael S. Barr, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School This book provides the best single overview of the theory behind the creation of the IDA American Demonstration Project, the structure of the ADD, and findings from the project. The account is comprehensive and balanced. This is a must-read book for everyone interested in poverty in the U.S. -- John Caskey, Department of Economics, Swarthmore College Michael Sherraden and his colleagues have been at the forefront of developing new ideas for asset-building policy and practice for nearly two decades. This new book by Schreiner and Sherraden again shows why. It is a remarkable demonstration of how disciplined, engaged, and creative social science research can help low-income families to transform their lives. -- Michael S. Barr, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

This book provides the best single overview of the theory behind the creation of the IDA American Demonstration Project, the structure of the ADD, and findings from the project. The account is comprehensive and balanced. This is a must-read book for everyone interested in poverty in the U.S. --John Caskey, Department of Economics, Swarthmore College Michael Sherraden and his colleagues have been at the forefront of developing new ideas for asset-building policy and practice for nearly two decades. This new book by Schreiner and Sherraden again shows why. It is a remarkable demonstration of how disciplined, engaged, and creative social science research can help low-income families to transform their lives. --Michael S. Barr, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

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Mark Schreiner is a senior scholar in the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis and also director of Microfinance Risk Management. Michael Sherraden is the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development and director of the Center for Social Development, George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.

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