| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 270 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in development and society ; 7 |
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Routledge studies in development and society ; 7.
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| Contents |
From self-help to self-finance: the changing focus of urban research and policy / Gareth A. Jones, Kavita Datta -- Housing finance and non-governmental organizations in developing countries / Gareth A. Jones, Diana Mitlin -- Housing finance in developing countries: a review of the World Bank's experience / Robert M. Buckley -- Formal and informal housing finance -- The political economy of formal sector housing finance in Jamaica / Thomas Klak, Marlene Smith -- From commercial banking systems to non-commercial banking systems in Mexico / William J. Siembieda, Educardo Lopez Moreno -- Formal housing finance and the elderly in Singapore / Kwame Addae-Dapaah -- Better a 'hut' on the ground than a castle in the air: formal and informal housing finance for the urban poor in India / Robert-Jan Baken, Peer Smets -- Affording a home: the strategies of self-help builders in Colombia / Katherine V. Gough -- Housing finance for refugees and forced migrants in Russia / Beverley L. Drought, Gareth A. Jones -- Gender, NGOs and micro-finance -- Interpreting gender and housing finance in community practice: the SPARC, Mahila Milan and NSDF experience / Sheela Patel -- Gender and micro-finance in Sri Lanka: the experience of the Women's Credit Union / Alana Albee, Nandasiri Gamage -- Informal finance and women's survival strategies: case studies from Cameroon and Zambia / Ann Gordon -- A gendered perspective on formal and informal housing finance in Botswana / Kavita Datta |
| Summary |
This book explores the linkages between formal and informal housing finance drawing upon lessons of NGO and micro-finance practices |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-63) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Housing -- Developing countries -- Finance -- Case studies
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Housing policy -- Developing countries -- Case studies
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Housing policy
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Housing -- Finance
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Developing countries
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Datta, Kavita, 1966- editor.
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Jones, Gareth A., 1964- editor.
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| LC no. |
98024528 |
| ISBN |
9780415172424 |
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041517242X |
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9780203217689 |
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0203217683 |
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9786610322985 |
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6610322988 |
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9781134692347 |
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113469234X |
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9781134692293 |
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1134692293 |
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9781134692330 |
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1134692331 |
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