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This paper attempts to look at two most pressing concerns i.e. housing and environment in Delhi and in doing so …
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This article explores the relationship between planning and economic growth, examining the impact of planning strategies which increasingly privilege economic growth as the key objective. Drawing from research in two contrasting English urban local authorities – one experiencing growth,...
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Building Cities reviews the experiences of the Latin American and Caribbean region in the design and implementation of neighbourhood upgrading programmes. The volume has a particular focus on the lessons learned by specialists of the Inter-American Development Bank and their technical and...
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Despite a recent expansion in housing finance, Brazil still faces a severe housing shortage, especially among lower …-income people, and it is important to examine the development, limitations and prospects of the country's housing finance market … contractual obligations or is merely an effect of the higher level of housing loans imposed by the government on financial …
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Using micro data on judicial proceedings in Uruguay, this paper presents evidence that female defendants receive more favorable treatment in courts than male defendants. This is due to longer foreclosure proceedings and higher probabilities of being granted extensions in evictions and...
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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 housing was calculated and tenure choice was analyzed. Structural …
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co-management of small infrastructure and urban improvement projects and by lending small loans for housing improvement …
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Building Cities reviews the experiences of the Latin American and Caribbean region in the design and implementation of neighbourhood upgrading programmes. The volume has a particular focus on the lessons learned by specialists of the Inter-American Development Bank and their technical and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772329
and recovered only partially during the 2001-2005 housing boom. The 1980-2000 decline in young home ownership occurred as …
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This working paper comments on Karsten Jeske and Dirk Krueger's 'Housing and the Macroeconomy: The Role of Implicit …
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