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Building Cities: Neighbourhood Upgrading and Urban Quality of Life Title: Construir ciudades: Mejoramiento de barrios y calidad de vida urbana

Alcocer, María Eugenia González; Cohen, Michael; … - Inter-American Development Bank

Building Cities reviews the experiences of the Latin American and Caribbean region in the design and implementation of neighbourhood upgrading programmes. The volume has a particular focus on the lessons learned by specialists of the Inter-American Development Bank and their technical and...

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The IDB in Low-Cost Housing: The First Three Decades

Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 1995

This document reviews the activities of the IDB to deal with the lack of fully serviced dwellings for the entire region's population. The document considers this a case of market and government failure, which has resulted in an estimated 10 to 15 million households living in substandard dwellings.

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Micro-finance of Housing: A Key to Housing the Low or Moderate-Income Majority?

Ferguson, Bruce - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

This paper considers why most households in Latin America and the Caribbean remain unserved by traditional housing …

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What To Do With Public Rental Housing?: Challenges and Options

Siegert, Nelliana Villoria - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

This paper is intended primarily for those governments in Latin America that have public rental housing. Although there … is currently not a great deal of public rental housing in the region, it is one of the most affordable housing solutions … housing face a number of problems owing to the fiscal and administrative burden it represents. …

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Cities for All: Recent Experiences with Neighborhood Upgrading Programs Title: Ciudades para todos: La experiencia reciente en programas de mejoramiento de barrios

Brakarz, José; Rojas, Eduardo; Greene, Margarita - Inter-American Development Bank

Cities for All examines informal urbanization in Latin America as well as the methodologies being used to design and implement programs to upgrade slum areas in the region.Abstract: Ciudades para todos analiza el fenómeno de la urbanización informal en América Latina y presenta diferentes...

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Slum Upgrading: Lessons Learned from Brazil Title: Urbanización de favelas: Lecciones aprendidas en Brasil Title: Urbanização de favelas: Lições aprendidas no Brasil

Magalhães, Fernanda - Inter-American Development Bank

The main goal of this book is to disseminate the useful lessons learned from urban development and favela urbanization operations in Brazil financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Brazilian government. These lessons underpin the recommendations for the design of public policies...

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Governing the Metropolis: Principles and Cases Title: Gobernar las metrópolis

Slack, Enid; Cuadrado-Roura, Juan R.; Güell, José … - Inter-American Development Bank

Throughout the twentieth century, there was a notable population shift in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, from rural living situations to urban centers. In 2000 there were 49 cities with populations of over one million, four of them among the 10 largest cities in the world....

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Evaluation of Slum Upgrading Programs: Literature Review and Methodological Approaches

Brakarz, José; Jaitman, Laura - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

outcomes: housing, neighborhood, and individual. For each type of outcome, the authors present a literature review of common …

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Guide to Critical Issues for Socio-Cultural Analysis

Partridge, William L.; Mejía, María Clara - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

This document focuses on four sectors where socio-cultural analysis is particularly critical for addressing issues of reducing poverty and exclusion. In the case of major infrastructure projects, the primary concern is to minimize or mitigate their impacts on local communities. For projects in...

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Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation through Publically-Assisted Housing: Theoretical Framework for the IDB's Regional Policy Dialogue on Climate Change Title: Mitigación y adapt...

Martin, Carlos; Campillo, Gisela; Meirovich, Hilen; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

In both developed and developing countries, sustainable and resilient public housing construction has been described as … climate change, and 3) insufficient housing supply. Indeed, designing, installing, and maintaining "green" land and … construction techniques within national public housing programs has the potential for allaying a portion of these formidable …

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