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Innovative financing for low-income housing improvement: lessons from programmes in Central America

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: This paper discusses what has been learnt from housing and local development programmes in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua supported and funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) during the last 15 years. It identifies common financial mechanisms that have proven to be effective and affordable by the urban poor in their search for better housing. It also discusses the different policies and interventions by national and sub-national governments and the “non-market incentives” that were required to make low-income housing programmes feasible and affordable, and what these imply for the financial and institutional sustainability of such programmes. It ends with recommendations for other international donors and national institutions that are seeking to design new financial services for housing for low-income groups.

Source: Environment and Urbanization

DOI: 10.1177/095624780501700117

Authors: Alfredo Stein, Luis Castillo

Institution: Lund University

Language: English

Topic: Urban and Rural Development Challenges

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Partnerships for the goals, Reduced inequalities, No poverty, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1975634686

FWCI: 12.01

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Cited by: 28

Related to: 10