Housing and Finance in Developing Countries

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ISBN: 9780415172424 | 041517242X
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/22/1998

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Housing and Finance in Developing Countriesexplores the linkages between formal and informal housing finance drawing upon lessons of Non-Governmental Organizations and micro-finance practices. This book draws upon case studies from Latin America, Africa and Asia and will be of interest to both academics and professionals.

List of figures

(1)

List of tables

(1)

Notes on contributors

xii

(4)

Preface

xvi

(7)

Acknowledgements

xxiii

PART I Position papers

(56)

1 From self-help to self-finance: the changing focus of urban research and policy

(23)

GARETH A. JONES

KAVITA DATTA

2 Housing finance and non-governmental organizations in developing countries

(18)

GARETH A. JONES

DIANA MITLIN

3 Housing finance in developing countries: a review of the World Bank's experience

(13)

ROBERT M. BUCKLEY

PART II Formal and informal housing finance

(98)

4 The political economy of formal sector housing finance in Jamaica

(16)

THOMAS KLAK

MARLENE SMITH

5 From commercial banking systems to non-commercial banking systems in Mexico

(14)

WILLIAM J. SIEMBIEDA

EDUARDO LOPEZ MORENO

6 Formal housing finance and the elderly in Singapore

(12)

KWAME ADDAE-DAPAAH

7 Better a `hut' on the ground than a castle in the air: formal and informal housing finance for the urban poor in India

101

(18)

ROBERT-JAN BAKEN

PEER SMETS

8 Affording a home: the strategies of self-help builders in Colombia

119

(17)

KATHERINE V. GOUGH

9 Housing finance for refugees and forced migrants in Russia

136

(19)

BEVERLEY L. DROUGHT

GARETH A. JONES

PART III Gender, NGOs and micro-finance

155

(92)

10 Interpreting gender and housing finance in community practice: the SPARC, Mahila Milan and NSDF experience

157

(12)

SHEELA PATEL

11 Gender and micro-finance in Sri Lanka: the experience of the Women's Credit Union

169

(12)

ALANA ALBEE

NANDASIRI GAMAGE

12 Informal finance and women's survival strategies: case studies from Cameroon and Zambia

181

(11)

ANN GORDON

13 A gendered perspective on formal and informal housing finance in Botswana

192

(21)

KAVITA DATTA

14 Engendering finance: a comparison of two micro-finance models in El Salvador

213

(14)

SERENA COSGROVE

15 Housing finance and empowerment in South Africa

227

(20)

JOEL BOLNICK

DIANA MITLIN

Bibliography

247

(17)

Index

264

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