Housing and finance in developing countries: invisible issues on research and policy agendas

Datta, Kavita and Jones, Gareth A. ORCID: 0000-0001-9844-4547 (2001) Housing and finance in developing countries: invisible issues on research and policy agendas. Habitat International, 25 (3). pp. 333-357. ISSN 0197-3975

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Housing finance has risen to the top of research and policy agendas in recent years. Yet, although our understanding of the formal delivery of housing finance has improved considerably, we know far less about households’ use and production of housing finance. This is particularly apparent in the case of four ‘invisible’ issues: land markets, rental housing, the role of savings and residential mobility. Drawing upon evidence from Botswana and Mexico, this paper considers the relationship between finance and the livelihood strategies that households adopt in order to fulfil their housing needs. On the basis of this discussion, the paper concludes by advocating a broader focus for housing finance-related research.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.journals.elsevier.com/habitat-internati...
Additional Information:	© 2001 Elsevier
Divisions:	Geography & Environment
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	29 Jan 2008
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 22:24
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/3215

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