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Inclusionary Housing Policies, Stigma Effects and Strategic Production Decisions
Hughen, W.; Read, Dustin - In: The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 48 (2014) 4, pp. 589-610
Inclusionary housing policies enacted by municipal governments rely on a combination of legal mandates and economic … regulations provide a means of stimulating the production of mixed-income housing at a minimal cost to the public sector, but have … been hypothesized to slow development and put upward pressure on housing prices. The results of the theoretical models …
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The Role of Affordable Mortgages in Improving Living Standards and Stimulating Growth; A Survey of Selected Mena Countries
Nothaft, Frank E.; Erbas, S. Nuri - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
serve both the redistributive and growth-enhancing objectives of poverty reduction policies. The current state of housing … growth of alleviating housing shortages by improving access to mortgage financing. …
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Bhutan; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
Bhutan has evolved from a closed economy to a trading nation that exhibits a high degree of dependence on trade. Exports have grown rapidly but overall the country’s trade deficit continues to widen owing to an even faster growth in the value of imports. The manufacturing and industry...
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A Study on the Implementation of Jampersal Policy in Indonesia
Achadi, Endang L.; Achadi, Anhari; Pambudi, Eko; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Indonesia launched Jampersal in 2011, a nationwide program to accelerate the reduction of maternal and newborn deaths. The program was financed by central government revenues and provided free and comprehensive maternal and neonatal care with an emphasis on promoting institutional deliveries....
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The Progressive Housing Program in Chile: 1990-2002
Greene, Margarita - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
The present study reviews the recent Chilean experience in the design and execution of the Progressive Housing Program … initiated in 1990 and its recent evolution towards the programs: Solidarity Housing Fund (Fondo Solidario de Vivienda) and … programs in other countries of the region. The study explores the evolution of the Chilean housing policies in support of the …
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What Can Be Done about Homelessness and Society's Nimby Attitude?—America Needs a Way to Eliminate the Stigma of Public Housing
Redd, Victoria A. - In: Poverty & Public Policy 2 (2010) 1, pp. 10-10
<p>America needs a way to eliminate the stigma of public housing. Lawrence Vale suggests some solutions for America …'s public housing woes in <em>From the Puritans to the Projects: Public Housing and Public Neighbors</em>. If we provide the … public housing, what select few of the poor will be allowed to live there? What types of dwellings will be provided as public …
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What Foreclosed Homes Should a Municipality Purchase to Stabilize Vulnerable Neighborhoods?
Johnson, Michael; Turcotte, David; Sullivan, Felicia - In: Networks and Spatial Economics 10 (2010) 3, pp. 363-388
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A Smart City Initiative: the Case of Barcelona
Bakıcı, Tuba; Almirall, Esteve; Wareham, Jonathan - In: Journal of the Knowledge Economy 4 (2013) 2, pp. 135-148
Information and communication technology is changing the way in which cities organise policymaking and urban growth. Smart Cities base their strategy on the use of information and communication technologies in several fields such as economy, environment, mobility and governance to transform the...
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Steuerungspotenziale des kommunalen Konzernabschlusses
Busch, Manfred; Lasarzik, Maik; Heiling, Jens - In: Metrika 19 (2009) 4, pp. 421-440
Consolidated financial statements of local governments are one of the main reform elements of the new public sector accounting framework in Germany. According to the literature and the laws, serious control deficits on the local level will be overcome by implementing this reform element....
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Is Local Financial Health Associated with Citizens’ Quality of Life?
Cuadrado-Ballesteros, Beatriz; Mordán, Noemí; … - In: Social Indicators Research 119 (2014) 2, pp. 559-580
Few studies have analysed the results of public management in terms of social welfare. However, the financial health of local governments is in decline, which means that they are no longer able to provide public services that require financial obligations. This generally results in a reduction...
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