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This report documents housing’s true contribution to gross domestic product by analyzing 11 emerging market countries, where evidence on the total size of housing investments is often lacking. It explores the potentialunderestimation of the housing sector by official statistics and examines whether the housing sector could support economic recovery while creating safer, healthier housing for low-income households. The report offers inclusive housing proposals for the public and private sector to respond to COVID-19.
This report documents housing’s true contribution to gross domestic product by analyzing 11 emerging market countries, where evidence on the total size of housing investments is often lacking. It explores the potentialunderestimation of the housing sector by official statistics and examines whether the housing sector could support economic recovery while creating safer, healthier housing for low-income households. The report offers inclusive housing proposals for the public and private sector to respond to COVID-19.
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This 2020 study estimates the market size of the owner-driven construction housing segment in the Philippines, to understand the opportunities and positive impact of tapping this unserved population. Such information coud support future investment and policy decisions among public, private and non-government organizations.
This 2020 study estimates the market size of the owner-driven construction housing segment in the Philippines, to understand the opportunities and positive impact of tapping this unserved population. Such information coud support future investment and policy decisions among public, private and non-government organizations.
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"This 2020 Toolkit aims to assist practitioners in undertaking a standard upstream diagnosis to inform policies and programs in the housing sector at the city level in developing countries, with a focus on the supply sid. The diagnosis is designed to balance the need for achieving a comprehensive assessment of a complex sector like housing and the political impetus to identify problems and take actions within a short timeframe. "
"This 2020 Toolkit aims to assist practitioners in undertaking a standard upstream diagnosis to inform policies and programs in the housing sector at the city level in developing countries, with a focus on the supply sid. The diagnosis is designed to balance the need for achieving a comprehensive assessment of a complex sector like housing and the political impetus to identify problems and take actions within a short timeframe. "
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This discussion will focus on low- and middle-income countries hit hard by the pandemic, coinciding with the release of a Habitat report that makes the case for investing in housing to promote economic and social recover in emerging economies. Panelists will focus on new evidence that the housing sector can stimulate economies – even more so than official statistics indicate. Development agencies, governments, the private sector and other key players in emerging market economies should take notice. During the discussion, which takes place on World Habitat Day, panelists also will address how valuable healthy, adequate homes have been during the pandemic, including for families who have taken out microloans to improve their homes.
This discussion will focus on low- and middle-income countries hit hard by the pandemic, coinciding with the release of a Habitat report that makes the case for investing in housing to promote economic and social recover in emerging economies. Panelists will focus on new evidence that the housing sector can stimulate economies – even more so than official statistics indicate. Development agencies, governments, the private sector and other key players in emerging market economies should take notice. During the discussion, which takes place on World Habitat Day, panelists also will address how valuable healthy, adequate homes have been during the pandemic, including for families who have taken out microloans to improve their homes.
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In celebration of World Habitat Day 2021, Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, in partnership with the FairBuilding Network and Habitat for Humanity Philippines, hosted an online forum clled, “A Ladder Up: The Construction Sector’s Role in Rebuilding Emerging Market Economies.” The online forum brought together leading experts from the construction labor sector to discuss the role of the construction sector in providing jobs to workers as a way for economic recovery. The forum also launched the report from the Terwilliger Center, also titled “A Ladder Up,” which produced new estimates of the linkages of the construction sector to the rest of the economy and of its impact on employment in nine emerging market economies.
In celebration of World Habitat Day 2021, Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, in partnership with the FairBuilding Network and Habitat for Humanity Philippines, hosted an online forum clled, “A Ladder Up: The Construction Sector’s Role in Rebuilding Emerging Market Economies.” The online forum brought together leading experts from the construction labor sector to discuss the role of the construction sector in providing jobs to workers as a way for economic recovery. The forum also launched the report from the Terwilliger Center, also titled “A Ladder Up,” which produced new estimates of the linkages of the construction sector to the rest of the economy and of its impact on employment in nine emerging market economies.
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This session will set the context for the two-day conference. It will outline the positive side of housing investment, which is often underestimated, as well as the associated opportunity cost when housing is not consideed.
This session will set the context for the two-day conference. It will outline the positive side of housing investment, which is often underestimated, as well as the associated opportunity cost when housing is not consideed.
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There is a hidden cost to overlooking housing. An often-cited concern is that housing investment will create housing bubbles. Yet, in many EMDCs the mortgage market is too small to meaningfully disrupt financial markets nd economies in the way that industrialized economies experienced in 2008 due to poorly designed housing policies and insufficient regulatory oversight. To the contrary, there is an abundance of research and lessons on how housing can be a driver for economic growth and recovery, employment generation, and productivity of urban areas in EMDCs. This presentation will tackle common misperceptions about housing in an attempt to correct the narrative.
There is a hidden cost to overlooking housing. An often-cited concern is that housing investment will create housing bubbles. Yet, in many EMDCs the mortgage market is too small to meaningfully disrupt financial markets nd economies in the way that industrialized economies experienced in 2008 due to poorly designed housing policies and insufficient regulatory oversight. To the contrary, there is an abundance of research and lessons on how housing can be a driver for economic growth and recovery, employment generation, and productivity of urban areas in EMDCs. This presentation will tackle common misperceptions about housing in an attempt to correct the narrative.
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What is housing's role in the economy—as consumption and investment; as a stock and as a flow? This panel will explore the connections between housing and growth rates, business cycles, and key distributional outcomes.Panelists will draw on research, data, and country examples to reveal housing’s contributions to an efficient and equitable housing sector (financial, macroeconomic, and the "real" side of the housing market), and the indicators that can help track these contributions.
What is housing's role in the economy—as consumption and investment; as a stock and as a flow? This panel will explore the connections between housing and growth rates, business cycles, and key distributional outcomes.Panelists will draw on research, data, and country examples to reveal housing’s contributions to an efficient and equitable housing sector (financial, macroeconomic, and the "real" side of the housing market), and the indicators that can help track these contributions.
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Building a well-functioning housing market is not rocket science. So why does it evade so many countries? This panel will discuss a few reasons that include the: 1. Shallow understanding of housing and related financial arkets; 2. Lack of data and quality research; 3. Need to adapt to shocks like COVID-19, immigration / refugees, and climate change; and 4. Challenge of finding the right time in various political climates to introduce improved housing policies.
Building a well-functioning housing market is not rocket science. So why does it evade so many countries? This panel will discuss a few reasons that include the: 1. Shallow understanding of housing and related financial arkets; 2. Lack of data and quality research; 3. Need to adapt to shocks like COVID-19, immigration / refugees, and climate change; and 4. Challenge of finding the right time in various political climates to introduce improved housing policies.
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Housing is a capital-intensive sector that requires finance to scale. In a well-functioning housing finance system, different types of finance to expand affordable housing are readily available and supported by sound reglations, diverse funding sources, and effective government incentives. Yet in many EMDCs, housing finance systems are still a work in progress. This panel will discuss new regulatory insights and innovative public and private sector instruments that are being explored for critical frontier markets.
Housing is a capital-intensive sector that requires finance to scale. In a well-functioning housing finance system, different types of finance to expand affordable housing are readily available and supported by sound reglations, diverse funding sources, and effective government incentives. Yet in many EMDCs, housing finance systems are still a work in progress. This panel will discuss new regulatory insights and innovative public and private sector instruments that are being explored for critical frontier markets.