Content tagged with “Poverty”
Aspen/EOP's work on scale and sustainability began with a strong focus on the community development finance industry and recognition that lessons learn from that research would be applicable to other...
Tags: Economic Development, Poverty, Economics
Since late 2002, Aspen/EOP researchers have been examining the current state of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), with special emphasis on the particular kinds of support needed by IDA programs...
Tags: Economic Development, Poverty, Economics
AssetPlatform.orgLaunched in 2010, AssetPlatform.org is a free resource for staff at nonprofit organizations that provide financial education, coaching and asset development services. The Asset...
Tags: Economic Development, Poverty, Economics
In 2000, the Annie E. Casey Foundation began funding interventions aimed at ensuring that the working poor take advantage of Earned Income Tax Credits. EITC campaigns supported by the foundation...
Tags: Economic Development, Poverty, Economics
This research project was undertaken to refine a conceptual framework known as the "Credit Path®," which identified four stages people pass through on their way to asset accumulation and greater...
Tags: Economic Development, Poverty, Economics
This project grew out of recognition that economic restructuring, the emergence of telecommunications and information technology, and other national and global trends dramatically changed the...
Tags: Economic Development, Poverty, Economics
Our staff includes: Janet Topolsky, Director, (202) 736-5848 Kristin Feierabend, Program Associate, (202) 736-5833Travis Green, Program Associate, (202) 736-5804 (202) 293-0525 CSG faxMailing address...
Tags: Economic Development, Leadership, Poverty, Economics, Nonprofit Organizations
ANDE currently offers three membership types: Intermediary: Funds that focus on providing capital to SGBs in developing countries Investments include debt, equity and quasi-equity and are often...
Tags: Economic Development, Leadership, Poverty, International Development
On May 15th, 2008 members of the Aspen Institute's Advocacy and Exchange Program on Agent Orange/Dioxin testified before the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs' Subcommittee on...
Tags: Agent Orange/Dioxin, Foreign Policy, Economic Development, Poverty
February 1, 2008, HANOI, Vietnam. The Advocacy and Exchance Program on Agent Orange/Dioxin announced at a press conference in Hanoi that the first round of dioxin containment measures are now in...
Tags: Agent Orange/Dioxin, Foreign Policy, Economic Development, Poverty