Housing Consumption and Urbanization
Rapid urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa places immense pressure on urban services to meet the needs of the burgeoning urban population. Although several country- or city-level reports offer insight into the housing challenges of specific places, l...
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okr-10986-206532021-04-23T14:03:59Z Housing Consumption and Urbanization Lozano-Gracia, Nancy Young, Cheryl ACCESS TO SERVICES AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING MATERIALS CITIES CITY TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION DESCRIPTION DRAINAGE DWELLING DWELLINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EXPENDITURES FUEL HABITAT HOMEOWNERS HOMES HOUSE PRICES HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY HOUSING CONDITIONS HOUSING COSTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT HOUSING FINANCE HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING POLICY HOUSING SHORTAGE HOUSING SHORTAGES HOUSING SUPPLY INFORMAL HOUSING INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS INHABITANTS INTERVENTIONS LAND TITLING LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LIVING CONDITIONS LOW INCOME HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS METROPOLITAN ECONOMIES MODES OF TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD OVERCROWDING POOR HOUSING REAL ESTATE REGIONAL PLANNING RENTS RURAL AREAS SANITATION SHELTER SLUM SLUMS SQUATTER SQUATTER SETTLEMENT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT EXPENDITURES TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION EXPENDITURES URBAN URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN CORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN GROWTH URBAN HOUSING URBAN HOUSING SECTOR URBAN HOUSING SUPPLY URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN PLANNING URBAN POLICIES URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBAN SECTOR URBAN SERVICES URBAN STUDIES URBANIZATION WALKING WEALTH Rapid urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa places immense pressure on urban services to meet the needs of the burgeoning urban population. Although several country- or city-level reports offer insight into the housing challenges of specific places, little is known about regional patterns affecting housing markets. This lack of clear knowledge on the relative importance of the factors influencing households' housing demand in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa inhibits policy makers, researchers, the private sector, and development partners from making informed decisions when addressing affordable housing provision and the rapid increase in and growth of informal settlements. To shed light on the contours of housing patterns and impediments impacting the region's households, this paper provides a systematic review of housing conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa. By drilling down into the housing issues in the region from the perspective of the household, the paper analyses the trade-offs households make in allocating their budgets over time to housing and other amenities and provides a first approximation at understanding the differences in households' expenditure patterns and housing decisions across countries. The findings suggest that rather than emphasizing policies that purport to increase expenditures on housing at this stage of development, policy makers in Sub-Saharan Africa should focus on extending access to basic services and strengthening coordination between land use planning and service provision. As incomes increase, this focus would allow households the opportunity to access houses that are equipped with basic infrastructure and help countries move toward better overall quality of housing. 2014-12-03T23:50:34Z 2014-12-03T23:50:34Z 2014-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20382414/housing-consumption-urbanization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20653 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7112 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa |
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ACCESS TO SERVICES AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING MATERIALS CITIES CITY TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION DESCRIPTION DRAINAGE DWELLING DWELLINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EXPENDITURES FUEL HABITAT HOMEOWNERS HOMES HOUSE PRICES HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY HOUSING CONDITIONS HOUSING COSTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT HOUSING FINANCE HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING POLICY HOUSING SHORTAGE HOUSING SHORTAGES HOUSING SUPPLY INFORMAL HOUSING INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS INHABITANTS INTERVENTIONS LAND TITLING LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LIVING CONDITIONS LOW INCOME HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS METROPOLITAN ECONOMIES MODES OF TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD OVERCROWDING POOR HOUSING REAL ESTATE REGIONAL PLANNING RENTS RURAL AREAS SANITATION SHELTER SLUM SLUMS SQUATTER SQUATTER SETTLEMENT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT EXPENDITURES TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION EXPENDITURES URBAN URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN CORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN GROWTH URBAN HOUSING URBAN HOUSING SECTOR URBAN HOUSING SUPPLY URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN PLANNING URBAN POLICIES URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBAN SECTOR URBAN SERVICES URBAN STUDIES URBANIZATION WALKING WEALTH |
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ACCESS TO SERVICES AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING MATERIALS CITIES CITY TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION DESCRIPTION DRAINAGE DWELLING DWELLINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EXPENDITURES FUEL HABITAT HOMEOWNERS HOMES HOUSE PRICES HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY HOUSING CONDITIONS HOUSING COSTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT HOUSING FINANCE HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING POLICY HOUSING SHORTAGE HOUSING SHORTAGES HOUSING SUPPLY INFORMAL HOUSING INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS INHABITANTS INTERVENTIONS LAND TITLING LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LIVING CONDITIONS LOW INCOME HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS METROPOLITAN ECONOMIES MODES OF TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD OVERCROWDING POOR HOUSING REAL ESTATE REGIONAL PLANNING RENTS RURAL AREAS SANITATION SHELTER SLUM SLUMS SQUATTER SQUATTER SETTLEMENT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT EXPENDITURES TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION EXPENDITURES URBAN URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN CORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN GROWTH URBAN HOUSING URBAN HOUSING SECTOR URBAN HOUSING SUPPLY URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN PLANNING URBAN POLICIES URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBAN SECTOR URBAN SERVICES URBAN STUDIES URBANIZATION WALKING WEALTH Lozano-Gracia, Nancy Young, Cheryl Housing Consumption and Urbanization |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7112 |
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Rapid urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa
places immense pressure on urban services to meet the needs
of the burgeoning urban population. Although several
country- or city-level reports offer insight into the
housing challenges of specific places, little is known about
regional patterns affecting housing markets. This lack of
clear knowledge on the relative importance of the factors
influencing households' housing demand in countries in
Sub-Saharan Africa inhibits policy makers, researchers, the
private sector, and development partners from making
informed decisions when addressing affordable housing
provision and the rapid increase in and growth of informal
settlements. To shed light on the contours of housing
patterns and impediments impacting the region's
households, this paper provides a systematic review of
housing conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa. By drilling down
into the housing issues in the region from the perspective
of the household, the paper analyses the trade-offs
households make in allocating their budgets over time to
housing and other amenities and provides a first
approximation at understanding the differences in
households' expenditure patterns and housing decisions
across countries. The findings suggest that rather than
emphasizing policies that purport to increase expenditures
on housing at this stage of development, policy makers in
Sub-Saharan Africa should focus on extending access to basic
services and strengthening coordination between land use
planning and service provision. As incomes increase, this
focus would allow households the opportunity to access
houses that are equipped with basic infrastructure and help
countries move toward better overall quality of housing. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Lozano-Gracia, Nancy Young, Cheryl |
| author_facet |
Lozano-Gracia, Nancy Young, Cheryl |
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Lozano-Gracia, Nancy |
| title |
Housing Consumption and Urbanization |
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Housing Consumption and Urbanization |
| title_full |
Housing Consumption and Urbanization |
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Housing Consumption and Urbanization |
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Housing Consumption and Urbanization |
| title_sort |
housing consumption and urbanization |
| publisher |
World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
| publishDate |
2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20382414/housing-consumption-urbanization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20653 |
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