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Asset-based welfare and child poverty in Wales

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The Welsh Government has made asset based welfare a key part of its long term efforts to tackle child poverty (Drakeford 2007).

It has established a 'Child Trust Fund Cymru' that will place a Welsh premium in the Child Trust Funds (CTFs) of all eligible children in Wales.

In this paper the Welsh Government's initiative in the context of developments in child poverty and asset based welfare policies is examined.