Handshake, No. 4 (January 2012)

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This issue includes the following headings: mass rapid transit: a tool for urban expansion; financing: beyond sovereign guarantees; and low-income housing: lessons from Latin America.

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“International Finance Corporation. 2012. Handshake, No. 4 (January 2012). International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC. © International Finance Corporation. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22254 License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO.”

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