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Sharpening the Bank's Capacity to Support the Housing Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean: Background Paper for the Implementation of the Social Development Strategy
Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
The Bank expanded its housing finance activities in the 1990s, shifting its support toward sector reforms that increase the capacity of housing finance and delivery mechanisms to cater to the needs of low-income households. The present publication examines Bank experience in housing, draws...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205869
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Facing the Challenges of Informal Settlements in Urban Centers: The Re-urbanization of Manaus, Brazil
Magalhães, Fernanda; Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
The search for solutions to urban and social problems prompted by informal settlements is gaining importance in the development agenda of most large cities in Latin America. Nearly 60 percent of the population lives in informal, often centrally located settlements.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009206264
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Trends in National and Regional Investors Financing Crossborder Infrastructure Projects in Asia
De, Prabir; Samudram, Muthi; Moholkar, Sanjeev - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This study examines a range of crossborder infrastructure development issues related to the Asian countries. Despite … active pursuit of private investment in infrastructure by most developing countries in Asia and a growing number of success … stories, the pace of such investment remains slow. Participation by the private sector in infrastructure development has been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363367
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Trade, Infrastructure and Transaction Costs: The Imperatives for Asian Economic Cooperation
De, Prabir - In: Journal of Economic Integration 21 (2006), pp. 708-735
Recent literature has emphasized the importance of transaction costs and infrastructure in explaining trade, access to … income, infrastructure, transaction costs and trade of selected Asian economies, this paper shows that the transaction costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009392013
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The Challenge of an Urban Continent
Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank
The present publication traces the history of the Bank's lending for urban development and discusses its approaches to current urban issues. It is intended for specialists and individuals interested in getting acquainted with the evolution of the Bank portfolio.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772358
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Facing the Challenges of Informal Settlements in Urban Centers: The Re-urbanization of Manaus, Brazil
Magalhães, Fernanda; Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
The search for solutions to urban and social problems prompted by informal settlements is gaining importance in the development agenda of most large cities in Latin America. Nearly 60 percent of the population lives in informal, often centrally located settlements.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653763
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Sharpening the Bank's Capacity to Support the Housing Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean: Background Paper for the Implementation of the Social Development Strategy
Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
The Bank expanded its housing finance activities in the 1990s, shifting its support toward sector reforms that increase the capacity of housing finance and delivery mechanisms to cater to the needs of low-income households. The present publication examines Bank experience in housing, draws...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654679
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Trade, infrastruture and income inequality in selected Asian countries: An empirical analysis
Raychaudhuri, Ajitava; De, Prabir - Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade … - 2010
This paper attempts to unravel the interlinkages and interconnections among infrastructure, trade openness and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008783757
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Effects of infrastructure on regional income in the era of globalization: new evidence from South Asia
De, Prabir; Ghosh, Buddhadeb - In: Asia-Pacific Development Journal 12 (2005) 1, pp. 81-107
structural adjustment programmes. Without proper trading infrastructure, no country or economic bloc can succeed in the new … over other regional blocs. This paper tries to find out the role played by infrastructure facilities in economic … major changes in future regional policies in order to remove rising regional disparities in both infrastructure and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010903968
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The Challenge of an Urban Continent
Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank
The present publication traces the history of the Bank's lending for urban development and discusses its approaches to current urban issues. It is intended for specialists and individuals interested in getting acquainted with the evolution of the Bank portfolio.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943411