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This work seeks to describe the Brazilian formal and informal housing markets and the possible segmentations within these first two divisions. The main objective is to make explicit the similarities and differences, and the heterogeneities within each group. Considering inadequate housing...
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) of slums in Brazil. We then conduct policy counterfactuals. For instance, we find that cracking down on slums could slow …The emergence of slums is a common feature in a country's path towards urbanization, structural transformation and … model to examine the conditions for slums to emerge. We then use the model to examine whether slums are barriers or stepping …
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What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build their own homes? We study "Sites and Services" projects implemented in seven Tanzanian cities during the 1970s and 1980s, half of which provided infrastructure in previously...
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What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build their own homes? We study "Sites and Services" projects implemented in seven Tanzanian cities during the 1970s and 1980s, half of which provided infrastructure in previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735924
What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build their own homes? We study "Sites and Services" projects implemented in seven Tanzanian cities during the 1970s and 1980s, half of which provided infrastructure in previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744748
What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build their own homes? We study “Sites and Services” projects implemented in seven Tanzanian cities during the 1970s and 1980s, half of which provided infrastructure in previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744986
Despite being home to about 1 billion people (UN-Habitat, 2010) worldwide slums have received little attention in the … economic literature. Data on slums is scarce and few studies have investigated the emergence of these pockets of poverty and … combining Census, terrain topography and water bodies data for Brazil. Thus, we provide the first consistent estimates on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146721
What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build their own homes? We study “Sites and Services” projects implemented in seven Tanzanian cities during the 1970s and 1980s, half of which provided infrastructure in previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012944884
Despite being home to about 1 billion people (UN-Habitat, 2010) worldwide slums have received little attention in the … economic literature. Data on slums is scarce and few studies have investigated the emergence of these pockets of poverty and … combining Census, terrain topography and water bodies data for Brazil. Thus, we provide the first consistent estimates on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873329
What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build their own homes? We study "Sites and Services" projects implemented in seven Tanzanian cities during the 1970s and 1980s, half of which provided infrastructure in previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946590