The Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs : The Case of Mumbai

The authors compare the welfare effects of in situ slum upgrading programs with programs that provide slum dwellers with better housing in a new location. Evaluating the welfare effects of slum upgrading and resettlement programs requires estimating models of residential location choice, in which ho...

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Main Authors: Takeuchi, Akie, Cropper, Maureen, Bento, Antonio
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6603328/welfare-effects-slum-improvement-programs-case-mumbai
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8756