The article explores the transformations low-income women make to appropriate their housing that often goes unnoticed …. The aim is to document, acknowledge and make low-income women's efforts to appropriate their housing visible. Lessons … provision of housing designs that are conducive to low-income women. The study confines its investigation to the housing designs …

Uruguayan manufacturing sector. Uruguay opened its economy in the presence of -at least initially- strong unions and …

This paper analyses the dynamics of policymaking among the various political institutions in Uruguay. The authors find … institutions in Uruguay are conducive to achieving political compromise in the short run, but cannot effectively cooperate in …

international women's rights law in domestic courts, thus enhancing their ability to treat cases of violence against women and … ensuring greater protection for women's rights in the region. The purpose of this report is to distill the findings and … conclusions from the JEP evaluation in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. This evaluation was meant to find out to which extent …

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 …

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 …

co-management of small infrastructure and urban improvement projects and by lending small loans for housing improvement …