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Egypt - Next Step Recommendations for Affordable Housing Policy and the National Housing Program : Mortgaged-Linked Subsidies and Housing Supply considerations
World Bank - 2012
housing information system; (ii) mainstreaming the use of demand-based mortgage-linked subsidy instruments; (iii) set up of a … subsidy policy and expanding the mortgage linked subsidy program. …
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Rental housing : lessons from international experience and policies for emerging markets
Peppercorn, Ira Gary - 2013
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Public-Private Partnerships for Investment and Delivery of Affordable Housing in Emerging Market Economies
World Bank - 2020
The role of the public sector in housing delivery in many developed economies evolved from government as builder in the post-War era in the 1950s when the government directly constructed and delivered housing to meet the daunting demand for housing, to government as enabler and regulator in the...
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Revitalizing Low-Income Public Housing Through Community Participation in the UK
World Bank - 2012
Poverty is at the root of the problems facing many public housing projects in the U.K. today. Experience emerging from 100 low-income housing estates echoes findings from urban upgrading for the poor in developing countries. Tackling poverty and unemployment in low income communities cannot be...
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Green Cities : Sustainable Low-Income Housing in Brazil
World Bank - 2013
Housing development has direct and indirect impacts on the environment. Through its design, construction, and operation, housing represents a significant point of direct consumption of natural materials, water, and energy. Therefore, greenhouse gas emissions embodied in housing can be very...
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Brazil - Progressive Low-Income Housing : Alternatives for the Poor
World Bank - 2013
This report aims to analyze key aspects of the low-income housing sector in Brazil, and to provide an analytical framework for reviewing alternatives to addressing the lack of adequate formal housing and urban services for the poor. It addresses four fundamental questions for policymakers in the...
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The world trade organization's Doha cotton initiative : a tale of two issues
Anderson, Kym - 2006
and tariffs-for cotton it is subsidy reductions rather than tariff cuts that would make by far the largest impact. For Sub …
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The distributional incidence of residential water and electricity subsidies
Wodon, Quentin (contributor) - 2006
subsidies for water and electricity services. Their analysis of a wide range of subsidy models from around the developing world … shows that the most common form of utility subsidy-quantity-based subsidies delivered through the tariff structure … effectiveness of consumption subsidy schemes to reach the poor. Simulations suggest that connection subsidies are an attractive …
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Regional subsidies and industrial prospects of lagging regions
Lall, Somik V. - 2006
"Large and sustained differences in economic performance across regions of developing countries have long provided motivation for fiscal incentives designed to encourage firm entry in lagging areas. But empirical evidence in support of these policies has been weak at best. The authors undertake...
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