BlogTag CloudHousing FinanceEconomyAffordable HousingHousing and the EconomyUrban developmentAfricaGenderHousing MicrofinanceAngolaNigeria Categories Featured Global Housing & the Economy Housing Finance Archives July 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 October 2022 September 2022 January 2022 December 2021 June 2021 March 2021 Building Affordability into Tomorrow's Megacities July 28, 2023 0 New cities are being designed from the ground up. As we design the megacities of tomorrow, let's leverage lessons learned from previous experience to ensure that affordable ho... Read More > Delhi’s Master Plan and the voice of civil society – A missed opportunity May 16, 2023 0 Delhi is no stranger to urbanization and expansion. Informal settlements have sprung seamlessly across this mega city. According to the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (... Read More > Circular Design Principles in the Built Environment April 20, 2023 0 With the built environment producing 40% of global carbon emissions (11% from building materials and 29% from the building’s operations), the call to transition from linear to... Read More > Unlocking Housing Finance for Women: Perspectives from IFC and Sewa Grih Rin Ltd. (Sitara) March 13, 2023 0 Access to safe and affordable housing is a fundamental human right. But unfortunately, it is not enjoyed equally by all members of society. Women in particular face significan... Read More > Recognition for demand-side finance paves the way for change February 16, 2023 0 We know that housing has a larger-than-expected contribution to developing country GDP when both housing investment (construction of new housing) and housing services (rents, ... Read More > Housing Lifts Economic Development (and Not the Other Way Around!) January 3, 2023 0 In early September, USC’s Lusk Center for Real Estate, in partnership with the Way Forward Housing Coalition, put on an in-person Washington, DC conference “Housing’s Contrib... Read More > Waking a Sleeping Giant: Reflections from ADB’s 1st Asia-Pacific Housing Conference December 6, 2022 0 Manoj Sharma, ADB’s Chief of Urban Sector Group, SDGs and Climate Change Development, exclaimed that the ADB’s 1st Asia Pacific Housing Conference (AHC 2022) has “woken a sl... Read More > A failure to disrupt the housing sector is a failure to our economy, health and planet. October 18, 2022 0 The global housing sector is fragmented, slow to innovate, underfunded and often isolated from the rest development community. Yet, the sector’s status quo can no longer be to... Read More > How Colombia Reaps the Benefits of Affordable Housing September 24, 2022 0 The global economy is in a state of disorder, the adverse effects of climate change have become palpable, and the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a clear linkage between poor h... Read More > Housing’s Contribution to Economic Development: Reframing the Narrative September 2, 2022 0 On September 7-8, 2022, in Bethesda MD: The Way Forward Housing Coalition organized a conference to review the economic and social benefits of well-functioning housing markets... Read More > Comparing housing affordability in different African countries using purchasing power parity dollars January 2, 2022 0 A market price reflects the interplay between demand for the product concerned and its supply. The housing market is no different. Changes in the price of accommodation in a p... Read More > Housing finance in Africa: Recovery through recognition of massive small potential December 2, 2021 0 This blog originally appeared as the introductory essay to the 2021 edition of the Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook. After a difficult year, African housing markets are s... Read More > Can new technology solve the global housing crisis? June 2, 2021 0 From 3D printing to biomanufactured materials, new building technologies have been making the headlines as a quicker—and cheaper—way to address the global housing deficit, whi... Read More > Achieving an Equitable COVID-19 Recovery Through Safe Housing: Why it’s Time for Financial Institutions to Step Up March 2, 2021 0 Mrs. Vee is a micro-entrepreneur who makes her living collecting trash in Hanoi. Since the pandemic began, a large part of the waste she collects has been used personal protec... Read More >
Building Affordability into Tomorrow's Megacities July 28, 2023 0 New cities are being designed from the ground up. As we design the megacities of tomorrow, let's leverage lessons learned from previous experience to ensure that affordable ho... Read More > Delhi’s Master Plan and the voice of civil society – A missed opportunity May 16, 2023 0 Delhi is no stranger to urbanization and expansion. Informal settlements have sprung seamlessly across this mega city. According to the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (... Read More > Circular Design Principles in the Built Environment April 20, 2023 0 With the built environment producing 40% of global carbon emissions (11% from building materials and 29% from the building’s operations), the call to transition from linear to... Read More > Unlocking Housing Finance for Women: Perspectives from IFC and Sewa Grih Rin Ltd. (Sitara) March 13, 2023 0 Access to safe and affordable housing is a fundamental human right. But unfortunately, it is not enjoyed equally by all members of society. Women in particular face significan... Read More > Recognition for demand-side finance paves the way for change February 16, 2023 0 We know that housing has a larger-than-expected contribution to developing country GDP when both housing investment (construction of new housing) and housing services (rents, ... Read More > Housing Lifts Economic Development (and Not the Other Way Around!) January 3, 2023 0 In early September, USC’s Lusk Center for Real Estate, in partnership with the Way Forward Housing Coalition, put on an in-person Washington, DC conference “Housing’s Contrib... Read More > Waking a Sleeping Giant: Reflections from ADB’s 1st Asia-Pacific Housing Conference December 6, 2022 0 Manoj Sharma, ADB’s Chief of Urban Sector Group, SDGs and Climate Change Development, exclaimed that the ADB’s 1st Asia Pacific Housing Conference (AHC 2022) has “woken a sl... Read More > A failure to disrupt the housing sector is a failure to our economy, health and planet. October 18, 2022 0 The global housing sector is fragmented, slow to innovate, underfunded and often isolated from the rest development community. Yet, the sector’s status quo can no longer be to... Read More > How Colombia Reaps the Benefits of Affordable Housing September 24, 2022 0 The global economy is in a state of disorder, the adverse effects of climate change have become palpable, and the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a clear linkage between poor h... Read More > Housing’s Contribution to Economic Development: Reframing the Narrative September 2, 2022 0 On September 7-8, 2022, in Bethesda MD: The Way Forward Housing Coalition organized a conference to review the economic and social benefits of well-functioning housing markets... Read More > Comparing housing affordability in different African countries using purchasing power parity dollars January 2, 2022 0 A market price reflects the interplay between demand for the product concerned and its supply. The housing market is no different. Changes in the price of accommodation in a p... Read More > Housing finance in Africa: Recovery through recognition of massive small potential December 2, 2021 0 This blog originally appeared as the introductory essay to the 2021 edition of the Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook. After a difficult year, African housing markets are s... Read More > Can new technology solve the global housing crisis? June 2, 2021 0 From 3D printing to biomanufactured materials, new building technologies have been making the headlines as a quicker—and cheaper—way to address the global housing deficit, whi... Read More > Achieving an Equitable COVID-19 Recovery Through Safe Housing: Why it’s Time for Financial Institutions to Step Up March 2, 2021 0 Mrs. Vee is a micro-entrepreneur who makes her living collecting trash in Hanoi. Since the pandemic began, a large part of the waste she collects has been used personal protec... Read More >
