In the last three decades, the supply of housing in Argentina has not kept pace with demand. This study analyzes the main drivers of Argentina’s housing market and relates them to the macroeconomic environment in order to advance a policy agenda for housing policy reform. The demand for...

This paper discusses the evolution of housing conditions in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean from 1995 to 2006 based on data from household surveys done in 18 countries that comprise 95 percent of the urban population of the region. The results indicate that, on average, the...

This study analyzes the current situation of the rental market of Argentina. It is characterized by a growing percentage of households demanding houses for renting up to the point that, for first time in more than 50 years, the ownership rate dropped between population censuses. Tenants are...

In this paper we present evidence that homeowners are happier than nonhomeowners and it is homeownership that causes the difference in happiness. The data used is for seventeen Latin American countries obtained from the LatinBarometer surveys. The association between homeownership and happiness...

In this paper we evaluate the targeting efficiency of Latin American housing programs of the demand-side- ABC type, acronyms based on the Spanish words for savings-voucher-mortgage. These are the typical; housing programs in Latin American countries. However, there is no systematic evaluation of...

We examine the long-term impacts of drought on local labor markets in Brazil. Us- ing rainfall data going back over a century, we build contemporaneous and historical drought indices for more than 3,000 local areas, and examine them in conjunction with five waves of population census data...

Industrial clusters are commonly targeted to receive financial support allocated to local-based development projects. Cluster promotion is seen as an effective industrial policy tool aimed at improving productivity and employment generation. Nevertheless, despite its popularity as a regional...

O tema "Requalificação de Áreas Urbanas" se apresenta como um tema emergente na carteira Procidades em execução até 2011, contando com apenas 3.5% dos investimentos. Apesar de sua importância para as cidades brasileiras, que possuem muitas áreas urbanas consolidadas em estágio de...

En Centroamérica las distancias son cortas y los volúmenes de carga son pequeños para consolidar una red densa de transporte marítimo de corta distancia. Además, no existe una red ferroviaria transnacional. Esto otorga al transporte automotor de carga (TAC) un rol clave en el transporte...

This study focuses on identifying the basic logistics capabilities in Belize, Central America and the Dominican Republic. It concentrates on the ports and sea network, taking into consideration intermodal networks involving both land and sea components together with the major performance drivers...