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Shelter Strategies for the Urban Poor: Idiosyncratic and Successful, but Hardly Mysterious

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dc.contributor.authorBuckley, Robert M.
dc.contributor.authorKalarickal, Jerry
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-27T13:02:54Z
dc.date.available2013-06-27T13:02:54Z
dc.date.issued2004-10
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5215821/shelter-strategies-urban-poor-idiosyncratic-successful-hardly-mysterious
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3427
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14225
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No.3427
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectCAPITAL MARKETS
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY FACILITIES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectCONSUMERS
dc.subjectCOST OF CAPITAL
dc.subjectCOUNTRYSIDE
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION PROCESS
dc.subjectDORMITORY TOWNS
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectHABITAT
dc.subjectHOUSE PRICES
dc.subjectHOUSES
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHOUSING AGENCIES
dc.subjectHOUSING DEMAND
dc.subjectHOUSING ECONOMICS
dc.subjectHOUSING FINANCE
dc.subjectHOUSING MARKET
dc.subjectHOUSING MARKETS
dc.subjectHOUSING POLICY
dc.subjectHOUSING PRICES
dc.subjectHOUSING PROGRAMS
dc.subjectHOUSING PROJECTS
dc.subjectHOUSING STANDARDS
dc.subjectHOUSING SUPPLY
dc.subjectHOUSING UNITS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINFLATION
dc.subjectINFLATION RATES
dc.subjectINFORMAL HOUSING
dc.subjectINTEREST RATES
dc.subjectINVENTORY
dc.subjectLAND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectLOW INCOME HOUSING
dc.subjectMORTGAGE LOANS
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL FINANCE
dc.subjectNOW ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectPRIVATIZATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC HOUSING
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICY
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectREAL ESTATE MARKETS
dc.subjectREGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectRENTS
dc.subjectRESIDENCES
dc.subjectRESIDENTIAL AREAS
dc.subjectRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSETTLEMENTS
dc.subjectSHELTER
dc.subjectSLUMS
dc.subjectSQUATTER SETTLEMENTS
dc.subjectSUBSIDIZED HOUSING
dc.subjectSUBURBS
dc.subjectTHAILAND
dc.subjectTRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectURBAN ECONOMIES
dc.subjectURBAN ECONOMY
dc.subjectURBAN LAND
dc.subjectURBAN MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectURBAN POOR
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATION
dc.subjectURBAN POVERTY
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.titleShelter Strategies for the Urban Poor: Idiosyncratic and Successful, but Hardly Mysteriousen
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okr.crossref.titleShelter Strategies for the Urban Poor: Idiosyncratic and Successful, but Hardly Mysterious
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:17:30.180884Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5215821/shelter-strategies-urban-poor-idiosyncratic-successful-hardly-mysterious
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.guid382611468761683337
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3427
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000160016_20041027133503
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum5215821
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okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Governance and Management
okr.topicBanks and Banking Reform
okr.topicGovernance::Regional Governance
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicPublic Sector Management and Reform
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
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