Bio:

Dr. Ssewamala has several years of practice in the international social development field. His practice experience includes serving at the Red Cross (Uganda), where he served in several programmatic positions related to designing projects and programs for poverty alleviation and community development. Dr. Ssewamala also worked in various managerial and supervisory positions at Justine Petersen Housing and Reinvestment Corporation a 501(c) (3) Missouri (USA) not-for-profit corporation that assists low-to-moderate income individuals and families become homeowners, access financial institutions, start their own micro-businesses, and accumulate assets.

Research Interests:

• International Social and Economic Development
• Comparative Social Welfare Policy
• Anti-Poverty Policies [with emphasis on asset-building and asset-based policies, such as microentrepreneurship, homeownership, children's educational savings accounts & individual development accounts(IDAs)].
• Creating Asset Ownership Opportunities among orphaned children in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Gender and Development
• Civil Society, Civic Participation, and Social Networks
• Evaluative Research

Awards and Honors:

• Ford Foundation Research Fellow
• Recipient of George Warren Brown School of Social Work Dissertation Scholarship
• Social Development Scholar, Washington University in St. Louis
• Recipient of the Paulo Freire Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis
  

Current Projects:

• The SUUBI Program: Creating Asset-Ownership Opportunities and Health Promotion Among Orphaned Children in Uganda
• SEED Uganda: Asset-Ownership Development Among Orphaned Children in Uganda
• Asset-Ownership Programs and Policies in Africa
• Integrating Savings and Credit.
• Institutional Determinants of Saving Behavior in an Individual Development Account (IDA) Program.

Recent Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles
Ssewamala, Fred M., Alicea, Stacey, Bannon, Wiliam, and Ismayilova, Leyla (In press). “A Novel Economic Intervention to Reduce HIV Risks among School-going AIDS-Orphaned Children in Rural Uganda.” Journal of Adolescent Health

Lombe, Margaret and Ssewamala, Fred. M.  (2007) “The role of Informal Social Networks in Micro-Savings Mobilization”.  Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XXXIV (3): 37-51

Ssewamala, F.M., Lombe, M. and Curley, J. (2006). Using Individual Development Accounts for Microenterprise Development in the United States. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 11(2), pp. 117-131

Ssewamala, F.M. and Curley, J (2006). Asset ownership and School Attendance of Orphaned Children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Social Development Issues, 28(2), pp. 84-105

Grinstein-Weiss, M., Wagner, K., and Ssewamala, F.M. (2006). Saving and Asset Accumulation among Low-Income Families with Children in IDAS. Children and Youth Services Review, 28 (2), pp. 193-211

Ssewamala, F.M. & Sherraden, M. (2004). Integrating Savings into Microenterprise Programs for the Poor: Do Institutions Matter? Social Service Review, 78 (3), pages 404-428.

Ssewamala, F.M. (2004). Expanding Women's Opportunities: the Potential of Heifer Projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Development in Practice, 14 (4), pages 550-559.

Sherraden, M.S.; Sanders, C.K.; Sherraden. M. & Ssewamala, F.M. (2004). Resources for Microenterprise in Kitchen Capitalism: Microenterprise in Low-Income Households. Sherraden, Margaret. S., C. K. Sanders & M. Sherraden. (Eds.). SUNY Press.

Sherraden, M.S., Ssewamala, F.M. & Sanders, C.K. (2003). Microenterprise Performance: A Comparison of Experiences in the United States and Uganda. Social Development Issues, 25 (1-2), pages 219-234.

Manuscripts Under Review
Curley, Jami, Ssewamala, Fred M and Sherraden, Michael. “Institutions and Saving in Low Income Families.”

Ssewamala, Fred M., Bannon, Wiliam, Alicea, Stacey and Ismayilova, Leyla (under review). “Promoting Health and Educational Opportunities for Orphaned Children through Children Savings Accounts: Does Gender Matter?”

Working Papers and Reports
Ssewamala, F.M., Lombe, M. & Curley, J.C. (2006). Using Individual Development Accounts for Microenterprise Development. (CSD Working Paper 06-08). St. Louis: Washington University, Center for Social Development. Available here.

Ssewamala, F.M. (2005). Children Development Accounts in Africa : A Pilot Study. (Working paper No. 05-05). St. Louis : Washington University , Center for Social Development. Available here.

Ssewamala, J., & Curley, J. (2005). Increasing Life Chances for Orphaned Children in Africa : Testing an Asset-based Development Strategy (CSD Working Paper 05-01). St. Louis : Washington University , Center for Social Development. Available here.

Grinstein-Weiss, M., Wagner, K. & Ssewamala, F. (2005). Saving and Asset Accumulation among Low-Income Families with Children in IDAs (CSD Working Paper 05-09). St. Louis : Washington University , Center for Social Development. Available here.

Sherraden, M.S., McBride, A.M. Johnson, E., Hanson, S., Ssewamala, F.M., Shanks, T.R. (2005). Saving in Low-Income Households: Evidence from Interviews with Participants in the American Dream Demonstration. Research report. St. Louis : Washington University , Center for Social Development. Available here.

Sherraden, M.S., Williams, T. McBride, A.M., & Ssewamala, F.M. (2004) Overcoming poverty: Supported saving as a household development strategy (Working paper No. 04-13). St. Louis : Washington University , Center for Social Development. Available here.

Ssewamala, F.M. & Sherraden, M. (2004). Saving for Microenterprise in Individual Development Accounts: Lessons from the American Dream Demonstration. Research report. St. Louis : Center for Social Development, Washington University. Available here.

Ssewamala, F.M., & Sherraden, M. (2004). Integrating savings into microenterprise programs for the poor: Do institutions matter? (Working paper No. 04-05). St. Louis : Washington University , Center for Social Development. Available here.

Presentations
“The Global Symposium on Savings, Assets, and Financial Inclusion.” Round Table Discussion on Children and Savings presented at Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore, June 27-29, 2007. (Conference funded by Citigroup Foundation)

“Household Assets and Education and Health Outcomes of Children: A Comparative Study”, paper presented at the Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development (IUCISD), Hong Kong, China, July 16-19, 2007 (paper presented with Menon, Natasha and Ismayilova, Leyla).

“Role of Public and Individual Assets in Social Development Strategies: A Conceptual Framework”, paper presented at the Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development (IUCISD), Hong Kong, China, July 16-19, 2007 (paper presented with Menon, Natasha and Ismayilova, Leyla).

"The Impact of Children's Development Accounts on Health and Educational Outcomes of Orphaned Children in Uganda" presentation made at Save the Children, Washington DC, May 18th, 2007.

“A Novel Economic Intervention to Promote Health among Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in Sub-Saharan Africa” paper presented at the Center for Health Administration Studies, University of Chicago, May 9, 2007. 

“A Novel Economic Intervention to Promote Health and Education Opportunities for Orphaned Children in Uganda” paper presented at the Sustainable International Development Program (SID), Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Boston, MA, February 2, 2007.
 
“The Impact of Children’s Development Accounts on Health Educational Outcomes of Orphaned Children in Uganda” paper presented at the United States Agency for International Development, Poverty Analysis & Social Safety Nets (USAID/EGAT/PR) Meeting, Washington DC, January 23, 2007.

“A Novel Economic Intervention to Reduce HIV Risks Among AIDS Orphans in Rural Uganda” paper presented at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies Rounds, New York, NY, January 18, 2007.

“Informal Social Networks and Micro Saving Mobilization” paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), San Francisco, CA, January 12, 2007 (paper presented with Lombe, Margaret).

“Education for Orphaned Children in Africa”, presentation to the United Nations Association of New York’s Young Professionals for International Cooperation (UNA NY YPIC), New York, NY, November 29, 2006.

“The Potential of Family Economic Empowerment Programs and Policies in Promoting Child-caregiver relationships, Health and Educational Outcomes of Orphaned Children: Lessons from a pilot study in Uganda”, paper presented at the CFED Asset Learning Conference, Phoenix, AZ, September 2006.

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