The enabling approach to housing markets promotes financing systems based on family savings, public subsidies and … households are forced to use informal mechanisms to access housing, such as purchasing land in illegal subdivisions or squatting … housing construction undertaken by poor households through an enabling approach can make a signifi cant contribution to …

growth and rural to urban migration. It is important to emphasize that poverty tends to concentrate in cities. More than two … been accompanied by an increase in urban poverty levels.Abstract: Las áreas centrales de una ciudad contienen una mezcla de ….3 billion people live in urban areas. This significant increase in urban population has resulted from both natural population …

The enabling approach to housing markets promotes financing systems based on family savings, public subsidies and … households are forced to use informal mechanisms to access housing, such as purchasing land in illegal subdivisions or squatting … housing construction undertaken by poor households through an enabling approach can make a signifi cant contribution to …

co-management of small infrastructure and urban improvement projects and by lending small loans for housing improvement …This document analyses the experience of community participation and sustainability in the Local Development Programme …

is of interest to specialists in social and urban development, as well as to those who define the policies and design the …-American Development Bank and their technical and managerial counterparts in the agencies that execute the loans granted for neighbourhood …

This report seeks to put the issue of poverty in practical terms of what we know about poverty and what can be done to … the sectors of society, and more open and transparent processes are essential to sustaining development. …

proposes and implements a replicable methodology for a comparative cost analysis of three similar poverty alleviation programs …

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

. The lack of coordination between housing and urban development policies is becoming a major liability for both efficient …Chile's housing policy is widely regarded as a success. For almost a decade, new construction has been above the level … most public resources are benefiting low-income households. Confidence in the housing policy is high among the low …

their impacts on local communities. For projects in the areas of urban and rural development, the aim is to both minimize … reducing poverty and exclusion. In the case of major infrastructure projects, the primary concern is to minimize or mitigate …