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co-management of small infrastructure and urban improvement projects and by lending small loans for housing improvement …
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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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Despite a recent expansion in housing finance, Brazil still faces a severe housing shortage, especially among lower …-income people, and it is important to examine the development, limitations and prospects of the country's housing finance market … contractual obligations or is merely an effect of the higher level of housing loans imposed by the government on financial …
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Using micro data on judicial proceedings in Uruguay, this paper presents evidence that female defendants receive more favorable treatment in courts than male defendants. This is due to longer foreclosure proceedings and higher probabilities of being granted extensions in evictions and...
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In the last three decades, the supply of housing in Argentina has not kept pace with demand. This study analyzes the … main drivers of Argentina's housing market and relates them to the macroeconomic environment in order to advance a policy … agenda for housing policy reform. The demand for housing was calculated and tenure choice was analyzed. Structural …
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Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay. We experimentally evaluate the impact of a housing project run by the NGO TECHO which provides … program is to improve household well-being. Our findings show that better houses have a positive effect on overall housing …
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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 lessons for the design and implementation of new operations and identifies …
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This paper presents the experiences of the housing finance market in Chile. It was first presented at a regional … evolution of housing finance in Chile, including the role of the government and the development of the secondary market for …
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The aim of this paper is to help project teams develop results indicators for housing projects. These indicators are …
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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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