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Nigeria: The Lagos State Development Plan 2012-2015
Nigeria’s housing shortage has reached crisis point, with a particular need for low-income housing. While national housing plans recognize the...
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Nigeria: The Transformation Agenda & Vision 20:2020
Nigeria’s housing shortage has reached crisis point, with a particular need for low-income housing. The Transformation Agenda and Vision 20:2020...
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Liberia: Partnerships for Informal Settlement Upgrading
The majority of Monrovia, Liberia’s population lives in informal settlements, and only 20% of the highest income group in the...
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Ethiopia: The Integrated Urban Slum Upgrading Project
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is rapidly urbanizing and faces a housing crisis, as 80% of the population lives in informal settlements....
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Kenya: Collaborative Planning to Upgrade Informal Settlements
When there is an affordable housing deficit, the best option for shelter is often in informal settlements, where residents self-build...
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South Africa: Developing the Upgrading Informal Settlements Program
When there is an affordable housing deficit, the best option for shelter is often in informal settlements, where residents self-build...
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Indonesia: Learning from the One Million Homes Program
With the launch of Satu Juta Rumah, or the One Million Homes Program, the Indonesian government solidified affordable housing provision...
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Colombia: Land Banking for Housing Development
Land banking allows for the purchase of land for public purposes, so that local governments can influence patterns of development...
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Chile: Land Readjustment in Disaster Recovery
In order to reach the full potential market value of urbanized land, land pooling or land readjustment (LP/LR) is a...
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India: Channeling Profits from Land Sales to Affordable Housing
Land sales and leases can assist in the provision of affordable housing, allowing for public land to be sold to...
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