Discover financial empowerment resources
Discover financial empowerment resources
This report provides an overview of financial health and the policy responses around the world. Based on this, and the key questions of whether financial health measure more than income and if financial inclusion supports financial health, the report offers recommendations to policy makers on...
Income volatility is increasing in the United States and presents a growing public health problem. This study examines associations of long-term income volatility with incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause...
A guide comprised of 12 fact sheets for consumers to learn more about credit, grouped into the following topics: general information, warnings, credit products, and comparison tables. (Please note this is a French-language...
In 2013, AFOA Canada conducted an international Literature Review of Indigenous Financial Literacy entitled: Literature Review of Indigenous Financial Literacy in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States, December 20, 2013. One of the recommendations in the Literature Review was to...
During childhood and youth we build the foundations for financial well-being later in life, acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and personality traits that enable us to manage our finances as adults. This article reviews literature from consumer science, developmental psychology, and allied...
Developmental evaluation is a work-in-progress; an evolving methodology. This guide builds on the contribution of an earlier booklet by Jamie Gamble entitled A Developmental Evaluation Primer, published by the Foundation in 2008. It contains the lessons and insights of a group of practitioners who...
Most Americans are aware that income inequality has increased in the last 30 years. Less well known is that income instability—how much families’ incomes fluctuate up and down over time—has also grown substantially. The Great Risk Shift (Hacker 2006; revised and expanded in 2008) documented a...