Housing and Finance in Developing Countries

by Kavita Datta, Gareth Jones

Overview

This book explores the linkages between formal and informal housing finance drawing upon the lessons of NGO and micro-finance practices. Both public and private formal finance institutions have experienced great difficulty in lending below a middle-income client group, and are often reluctant to lend for the purpose of housing at all. This failure of formal finance to filter down to low-income households, and in particular to women, has led various NGOs and community groups to create and adopt innovative finance programmes, such as informal savings banks and credit rotating schemes. The authors critically assess the impact of theses schemes, and evaluate links between gender, housing and finance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134692330
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/12/2012
Series:	Routledge Studies in Development and Society
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	862 KB

About the Author

Kavita Datta, Gareth Jones

Table of Contents

List of figures, List of tables, Notes on contributors, Preface, Acknowledgements, PART I. Position papers, 1. From self-help to self-finance: the changing focus of urban research and policy, 2. Housing finance and non-governmental organizations in developing countries, 3. Housing finance in developing countries: a review of the World Bank’s experience, PART II. Formal and informal housing finance, 4. The political economy of formal sector housing finance in Jamaica, 5. From commercial banking systems to non-commercial banking systems in Mexico, 6. Formal housing finance and the elderly in Singapore, 7. Better a ‘hut’ on the ground than a castle in the air: formal and informal housing finance for the urban poor in India, 8. Affording a home: the strategies of self-help builders in Colombia, 9. Housing finance for refugees and forced migrants in Russia, PART III. Gender, NGOs and micro-finance, 10. Interpreting gender and housing finance in community practice: the SPARC, Mahila Milan and NSDF experience, 11. Gender and micro-finance in Sri Lanka: the experience of the Women’s Credit Union, 12. Informal finance and women’s survival strategies: case studies from Cameroon and Zambia, 13. A gendered perspective on formal and informal housing finance in Botswana, 14. Engendering finance: a comparison of two micro-finance models in El Salvador, 15. Housing finance and empowerment in South Africa, Bibliography, Index

Editorial Reviews

Contributions from academics and from representatives of NGOs and development organizations, from both developed and developing countries, examine linkages between formal and informal housing finance, drawing on lessons of NGO and micro-finance practice in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. They assess the impact of innovative finance programs, such as informal savings banks and credit rotating projects, and evaluate links between gender, housing, and finance. Subjects include housing finance for refugees in Russia, the World Bank's experience, and a women's credit union in Sri Lanka. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

Booknews

'...this is an interesting and useful volume which achieves its first goal of bringing together diverse experience in a readily accessible form.' - Christine M. E. Whitehead, London School of Economics, Urban Studies Vol.37, No.9, 2000

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