Shelter Strategies for the Urban Poor: Idiosyncratic and Successful, but Hardly Mysterious
In 1986 the World Bank prepared a strategy for low-income housing in developing countries. This work grew out of the Bank's efforts to support the urban poor through an extensive housing assistance program that was launched by Bank President M...
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okr-10986-142252021-04-23T14:03:21Z Shelter Strategies for the Urban Poor: Idiosyncratic and Successful, but Hardly Mysterious Buckley, Robert M. Kalarickal, Jerry ACCOUNTABILITY CAPITAL MARKETS CITIES COMMUNITY FACILITIES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONSUMERS COST OF CAPITAL COUNTRYSIDE DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DORMITORY TOWNS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SYSTEMS GENDER GENDER EQUALITY HABITAT HOUSE PRICES HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING AGENCIES HOUSING DEMAND HOUSING ECONOMICS HOUSING FINANCE HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING POLICY HOUSING PRICES HOUSING PROGRAMS HOUSING PROJECTS HOUSING STANDARDS HOUSING SUPPLY HOUSING UNITS INCOME INFLATION INFLATION RATES INFORMAL HOUSING INTEREST RATES INVENTORY LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND USE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW INCOME HOUSING MORTGAGE LOANS MUNICIPAL FINANCE NOW ACCOUNTS PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REAL ESTATE MARKETS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RENTS RESIDENCES RESIDENTIAL AREAS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY RURAL AREAS SAVINGS SETTLEMENTS SHELTER SLUMS SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS SUBSIDIZED HOUSING SUBURBS THAILAND TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMIES URBAN ECONOMY URBAN LAND URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION In 1986 the World Bank prepared a strategy for low-income housing in developing countries. This work grew out of the Bank's efforts to support the urban poor through an extensive housing assistance program that was launched by Bank President McNamara's speech on urban poverty. By that time, the Bank had provided more than $4 billion of such assistance, and had undertaken an extensive research effort to design support for that lending. Much has changed since that time, not only in the way the Bank provides shelter assistance, more than doubling its support since that review, but also in the changing consensus as to what shelter strategy should be. The authors review the emerging consensus. They examine three new research areas: the empirical analysis of the effects policy has on housing supply; the richer understanding of the effects that land market regulations have on specific projects and on the functioning of urban areas; and the alleged mysterious effects that de Soto, for example, claims that effective property rights have not only for shelter policy but for development more generally. The authors also examine the emergence of both a new financial innovation, micro-enterprise finance, and the increased emphasis given to project design based on community participation, showing how these approaches more fully reconcile the incentives faced by beneficiaries and donors. In sum, the authors argue that the evolving consensus on shelter strategy is not nearly as mysterious as some would claim. Housing markets in most developing countries remain highly idiosyncratic and constrained. Nevertheless, the evolving consensus on shelter strategy appears to recognize these idiosyncrasies and policy constraints as evidenced by the strong and improving performance of the Bank's shelter lending. 2013-06-27T13:02:54Z 2013-06-27T13:02:54Z 2004-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5215821/shelter-strategies-urban-poor-idiosyncratic-successful-hardly-mysterious http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14225 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3427 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACCOUNTABILITY CAPITAL MARKETS CITIES COMMUNITY FACILITIES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONSUMERS COST OF CAPITAL COUNTRYSIDE DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DORMITORY TOWNS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SYSTEMS GENDER GENDER EQUALITY HABITAT HOUSE PRICES HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING AGENCIES HOUSING DEMAND HOUSING ECONOMICS HOUSING FINANCE HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING POLICY HOUSING PRICES HOUSING PROGRAMS HOUSING PROJECTS HOUSING STANDARDS HOUSING SUPPLY HOUSING UNITS INCOME INFLATION INFLATION RATES INFORMAL HOUSING INTEREST RATES INVENTORY LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND USE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW INCOME HOUSING MORTGAGE LOANS MUNICIPAL FINANCE NOW ACCOUNTS PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REAL ESTATE MARKETS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RENTS RESIDENCES RESIDENTIAL AREAS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY RURAL AREAS SAVINGS SETTLEMENTS SHELTER SLUMS SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS SUBSIDIZED HOUSING SUBURBS THAILAND TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMIES URBAN ECONOMY URBAN LAND URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION |
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ACCOUNTABILITY CAPITAL MARKETS CITIES COMMUNITY FACILITIES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONSUMERS COST OF CAPITAL COUNTRYSIDE DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DORMITORY TOWNS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SYSTEMS GENDER GENDER EQUALITY HABITAT HOUSE PRICES HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING AGENCIES HOUSING DEMAND HOUSING ECONOMICS HOUSING FINANCE HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING POLICY HOUSING PRICES HOUSING PROGRAMS HOUSING PROJECTS HOUSING STANDARDS HOUSING SUPPLY HOUSING UNITS INCOME INFLATION INFLATION RATES INFORMAL HOUSING INTEREST RATES INVENTORY LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND USE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW INCOME HOUSING MORTGAGE LOANS MUNICIPAL FINANCE NOW ACCOUNTS PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REAL ESTATE MARKETS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RENTS RESIDENCES RESIDENTIAL AREAS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY RURAL AREAS SAVINGS SETTLEMENTS SHELTER SLUMS SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS SUBSIDIZED HOUSING SUBURBS THAILAND TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMIES URBAN ECONOMY URBAN LAND URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION Buckley, Robert M. Kalarickal, Jerry Shelter Strategies for the Urban Poor: Idiosyncratic and Successful, but Hardly Mysterious |
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In 1986 the World Bank prepared a
strategy for low-income housing in developing countries.
This work grew out of the Bank's efforts to support the
urban poor through an extensive housing assistance program
that was launched by Bank President McNamara's speech
on urban poverty. By that time, the Bank had provided more
than $4 billion of such assistance, and had undertaken an
extensive research effort to design support for that
lending. Much has changed since that time, not only in the
way the Bank provides shelter assistance, more than doubling
its support since that review, but also in the changing
consensus as to what shelter strategy should be. The authors
review the emerging consensus. They examine three new
research areas: the empirical analysis of the effects policy
has on housing supply; the richer understanding of the
effects that land market regulations have on specific
projects and on the functioning of urban areas; and the
alleged mysterious effects that de Soto, for example, claims
that effective property rights have not only for shelter
policy but for development more generally. The authors also
examine the emergence of both a new financial innovation,
micro-enterprise finance, and the increased emphasis given
to project design based on community participation, showing
how these approaches more fully reconcile the incentives
faced by beneficiaries and donors. In sum, the authors argue
that the evolving consensus on shelter strategy is not
nearly as mysterious as some would claim. Housing markets in
most developing countries remain highly idiosyncratic and
constrained. Nevertheless, the evolving consensus on shelter
strategy appears to recognize these idiosyncrasies and
policy constraints as evidenced by the strong and improving
performance of the Bank's shelter lending. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Buckley, Robert M. Kalarickal, Jerry |
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Buckley, Robert M. Kalarickal, Jerry |
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Buckley, Robert M. |
| title |
Shelter Strategies for the Urban Poor: Idiosyncratic and Successful, but Hardly Mysterious |
| title_short |
Shelter Strategies for the Urban Poor: Idiosyncratic and Successful, but Hardly Mysterious |
| title_full |
Shelter Strategies for the Urban Poor: Idiosyncratic and Successful, but Hardly Mysterious |
| title_fullStr |
Shelter Strategies for the Urban Poor: Idiosyncratic and Successful, but Hardly Mysterious |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Shelter Strategies for the Urban Poor: Idiosyncratic and Successful, but Hardly Mysterious |
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shelter strategies for the urban poor: idiosyncratic and successful, but hardly mysterious |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5215821/shelter-strategies-urban-poor-idiosyncratic-successful-hardly-mysterious http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14225 |
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