The document explores the nature of savings in incremental housing development on the basis of experience in two informal settlements in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The findings show that unpacking the concept of ...
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This document is based on Sub Saharan Note on Housing. Sub-Saharan African (SSA) comprises 48 African countries with a total population of about 740m. It does not include the five Maghreb countries (i.e. Morocc...
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This document is based on social housing in Africa. The defines “Social Housing” as an umbrella term referring to rental housing which may be owned and managed by the state, by non-profit organizations, or by a...
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The document is 2005 study by World Bank of selected slum areas of Nairobi, Kenya In response to the government’s request for technical and financial assistance for improving delivery of basic infrastructure se...
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The study, reviewing slums and regulation of slums Lagos, Nigeria. Seventy percent of Lagos’ population lives in slums. And although slums exist in most large urban centers of the developing world, Lagos’ situa...
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This presentation is on housing finance in low income settlements, focusing on Nairobi, Kenya. The purpose of the presentation was to develop a high level generic model to assess the affordability of different ...
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This document is based on microfinance services extended to people in Kenya. It studies the performance and experience of Kenya Rural Enterprise Program (K-REP) Development Agency (KDA) using data collected fro...
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9This document is based on Kenya’s housing market, along with a brief of its demography. The housing market in Kenya has evolved considerably since independence in 1963. The 1968/76 National Housing Policy prom...
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The document is based on brief history of Ugandan government’s policy intervention in housing issue. It has three periods of intervention. The first period of housing policy was from 1978 -1986, The second peri...
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The housing finance in Africa yearbook of 2011 (2nd edition). It contains profiles of 29 countries of Africa. This Yearbook is intended to provide housing finance practitioners, investors, researchers and gover...
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Housing Finance in Africa yearbook of 2010 (1st edition). It contains profiles of housing finance in selected African countries. It is intended to provide housing finance practitioners, investors, researchers a...
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This document dealing with real estate regulations in Accra, Ghana, and their macroeconomic consequences. This paper addresses the question of why, given its higher level of per capita income and relatively str...
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This document is study of residential real estate development in Accra, Ghana. A study of house price behavior in U.S. cities by Gyourko, Mayer, and Sinai (2006) raises questions about so-called superstar citie...
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The document is a paper on housing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It discusses existing housing situation in Addis Ababa, institutional framework for planning and development, housing programs in Addis Ababa and imp...
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A fundamental goal of South Africa’s housing policy is to enhance access to housing finance for low-income earners. Housing finance continues to be seen as a critical component of the government’s overall housi...
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This is a presentation based on Opportunities and Challenges for Rental Housing in Africa. This paper describes the pace and volume of slum formation in the world and in Africa.
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This document based on urban poor neighbourhoods in Mbabane, Accra, and Dar es Salaam. These were part of the qualitative analysis to have an in-depth picture of the living conditions and priorities of the urba...
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This document based on infrastructure development in Africa for poverty alleviation in the continent. The dismal infrastructure picture in Africa is poignantly painted in this book which presents the continent’...
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Slums Housing Conditions in Kampala This study based on informal/slum settlement of Kampala, the capital city and main commercial hub of Uganda. Housing is one of the major issues often tackled in slum upgradin...
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The document based on access to housing finance in Kenya. It explores housing finance in Kenya, overview of Kenya’s macro economy, Kenya’s regulatory framework for finance, employment, household incomes and i...
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The Shelter is a physiological human need. It is like food. So much so that even those who cannot afford it still need it. By its nature housing represents a major investment requiring a substantial capital out...