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Author Miller-Adams, Michelle, 1959-

Title Owning up : poverty, assets, and the American dream / Michelle Miller-Adams.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (x, 224 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Building assets -- Coming home -- On common ground -- Work with a future -- Making it her business -- Can the poor save?
Summary 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.
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Subject Poverty -- Government policy -- United States.
Poverty -- Government policy.
United States.
Poverty.
Poor -- United States -- Finance, Personal.
Poor.
Finance, Personal.
Saving and investment -- Government policy -- United States.
Saving and investment -- Government policy.
Saving and investment.
Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States.
Economic assistance, Domestic.
Public welfare -- United States.
Public welfare.
Welfare recipients -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Welfare recipients.
Economic conditions.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-2001.
Chronological Term 1981-2001
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Miller-Adams, Michelle, 1959- Owning up. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2002 0815706200 0815706197 (DLC) 2002008634 (OCoLC)49690821
ISBN 0815706413 (electronic book)
9780815706410 (electronic book)
1280812672
9781280812675
0815706200 (Cloth)
0815706197 (Paper)
Music No. EB00641702 Recorded Books