1 online resource (xlix, 246 pages) : color illustrations
Contents
pt. I. Economic and urban development context -- 1. Challenges of sustainable shelter development in macroeconomic context -- 2. Shelter policy and finance : retrospective overview -- 3. Financing urban development -- pt. II. Shelter finance : assessment of trends -- 4. Mortgage finance : institutions and mechanisms -- 5. Financing for social and rental housing -- 6. Small loans : shelter microfinance -- 7. Community funds -- pt. III. Towards sustainable shelter finance systems -- 8. Assessing shelter finance systems -- 9. Policy directions towards sustainable urban shelter finance systems -- Epilogue : towards sustainable urban shelter
Summary
"Presents the first global assessment of housing finance systems, placing shelter and urban development challenges within the overall context of macroeconomic policies. The report describes and analyses housing finance conditions and trends in all regions of the world, including formal housing finance mechanisms, microfinance and community funding, highlighting their relevance to the upgrading of slums. Recent shelter finance policy development is discussed at the international and national levels, and the directions that could be taken to strengthen shelter finance systems are examined."--Jacket
Notes
"UN-HABITAT."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-241) and index
