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ISBN 10: 041517242X 
ISBN 13: 9780415172424
Author: Kavita Datta

Housing and finance in developing countries 1st Table of contents:

Part I Position papers
1 From self-help to self-finance: the changing focus of urban research and policy

• Introduction

• Housing and Finance

• The Scale of the Problem

• The Rise and Fall of Public-Sector Housing Finance Institutions

• Self-Help Housing and Informal Finance

• Housing Finance: a Problem of Savings?

• Informal Finance

• Gender and Self-Help Housing

• Gender, Finance and Empowerment

• Ngos and Housing Finance

• Conclusion and (Further) Introduction

• Notes

2 Housing finance and non-governmental organizations in developing countries

• Introduction

• Micro-Finance: Trends and Perspectives

• The Ascendancy of ‘Minimalist’ Micro-Finance

• Micro-Finance, Housing Loans and Poverty Reduction

• Scaling up through Government Programmes

• Working with Government Agencies

• Support Services

• Maintaining Programmes

• Conclusion

• Notes

3 Housing finance in developing countries: a review of the World Bank’s experience

• Introduction

• Housing Finance and Financial Sector Perspectives

• Evolution of the World Bank’s Housing Finance Portfolio

• The Effectiveness of Housing Finance Operations

• Financial Sector Objectives

• Resource Mobilization

• Risk Exposure and Contingent Liabilities

• Arrears

• Fiscal Policy Concerns

• Foreign Exchange Risk

• Housing Sector Concerns

• Guidelines for Effective Housing Finance

• Conclusion

• Notes

Part II Formal and informal housing finance
4 The political economy of formal sector housing finance in Jamaica

• Introduction

• The Housing Finance Problem in Jamaica

• The National Housing Trust: An Overview

• The Political Economy and NHT Finance

• The NHT’s Credit Subsidy Programme: Who Pays and Who Benefits?

• Factors Accounting for the Distribution of NHT Resources

• The Regime Effect

• Interest-Rate Policy by Income Level and Mortgage Size

• Subsidies by Income Level and Mortgage Size

• Conclusion

• Notes

5 From commercial banking systems to non-commercial banking systems in Mexico

• Introduction

• The Formal Housing Finance System

• Difficulties in the Mexican Housing Finance System

• Recent Reforms to the Housing Finance System

• The Non-Commercial Bank Sector

• Saving and Loan Societies

• Limited-Purpose Finance Companies

• Self-Financing and Mutual Assistance Plans

• Comparing the Non-Commercial Bank Alternatives

• Conclusion

• Notes

6 Formal housing finance and the elderly in Singapore

• Introduction

• Housing for the Elderly in Singapore

• Housing Finance and the Elderly

• Housing Finance Innovation and the Elderly

• Conclusion

• Notes

7 Better a ‘hut’ on the ground than a castle in the air: formal and informal housing finance for the urban poor in India

• Introduction

• The Evolution of Formal Housing Finance in India

• The Weaker Section Housing Programme in Visakhapatnam

• The Finance Gap

• Impacts of the Housing Finance Programme: Displacement and Debts

• Community Impacts

• Informal Housing Finance for Low-Income People in Hyderabad

• Loans From Friends, Relatives and Neighbours

• Moneylenders

• Chit Funds

• Informal Housing Finance Illustrated

• Conclusion

• Notes

8 Affording a home: the strategies of self-help builders in Colombia

• Introduction

• Public-Sector Housing Finance in Colombia

• Financing a Self-Help House

• Strategies to Reduce the Cost of Self-Help Construction

• Obtaining a Plot of Land

• System of Construction

• Labour Strategies

• Construction Materials

• Community Strategies

• Communal Labour

• Community Finance Initiatives: Lotteries

• Institutional Strategies

• Education

• Production of Construction Materials

• Construction Materials Centre

• Conclusion

• Notes

9 Housing finance for refugees and forced migrants in Russia

• Introduction

• Housing Refugees and Forced Migrants: The Official Solution

• Subsidized Self-Settlement: Compact Settlements

• Compact Settlements: An Adequate Solution?

• The Lack of an Economic Base and External Dependency

• Leadership and Internal Dependency

• Gender Bias in Housing Finance Disbursement

• Inconsistent Housing Finance Policy

• The Politics of Envy

• From Self-Settlement to Self-Finance

• Forced Migrants and NGOs

• Conclusion

• Notes

Part III Gender, NGOs and micro-finance
10 Interpreting gender and housing finance in community practice: the SPARC, Mahila Milan and NSDF experience

• Introduction

• Low-Income Households and the Housing Problem in Mumbai

• The Federation: SPARC, Mahila Milan and NSDF

• The Alliance between SPARC, Mahila Milan and the NSDF

• The Federation Option

• Finance for Housing

• The Federation and Housing Finance for Low-Income Households

• Conclusion

• Notes

11 Gender and micro-finance in Sri Lanka: the experience of the Women’s Credit Union

• Introduction

• The Women’s Credit Union (WCU)

• The Promotion of Savings

• Issuing Loans

• Housing Loans

• When Things Go Wrong

• Towards Sustainability and Scaling Up

• Conclusion

• Notes

12 Informal finance and women’s survival strategies: case studies from Cameroon and Zambia

• Introduction

• The Survival Strategies of Low-Income Women in Cameroon

• Women’s Survival Strategies

• Associations

• Tontines

• The Survival Strategies of Low-Income Women in Zambia

• Women’s Survival Strategies

• Chilimba

• Conclusion

• Notes

13 A gendered perspective on formal and informal housing finance in Botswana

• Introduction

• The Housing Finance Crisis in Botswana and Formal Sector Responses

• Formal Sector Responses

• Impact of Formal Finance on Low-Income Men and Women

• Innovative Micro-Finance?

• Informal Housing Finance Strategies

• Savings

• Social Networks

• Rental Income

• Conclusion

• Notes

14 Engendering finance: a comparison of two micro-finance models in El Salvador

• Introduction

• Micro-Finance and Gender: Measuring Empowerment

• Micro-Enterprise Lending in El Salvador

• Procomes

• Fusai

• Conclusion

• Notes

15 Housing finance and empowerment in South Africa

• Introduction

• Low-Income Housing in Urban South Africa

• NGOs, Housing Finance and Urban Development

• The People’s Dialogue: A People’s Initiative

• Housing Savings Schemes

• The uTshani Fund

• Lessons from the Experience of People’s Dialogue

• Material Improvements

• Income Generation and Local Economic Development

• Local Networks and Women’s Participation

• Interaction With External Agencies

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