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Habitat II and the Urban Economy : A Review of Recent Developments and Literature
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<p>The strategic conferences organized by the UN during the past 25 years have focused on assisting and mobilizing governments and other relevant actors of international life by enhancing collective thinking and action in those areas which may jeopardize the</p>
1995-01-01
Berghäll, Elina
Housing
Housing
Regional economics
Regional planning
Urban economics
Urbanization
UNU-WIDER
oai:collections.unu.edu:UNU:5220
2016-02-12T12:53:49Z
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The Scale and Nature of International Donor Assistance to Housing, Basic Services and Other Human-Settlements Related Projects
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<p>This paper describes the scale and nature of development assistance to projects that sought to improve housing and living conditions for low income groups, including housing-related infrastructure and services such as water supply, sanitation and drainage</p>
1997-01-01
Satterthwaite, David
Housing
Economic assistance and foreign aid
Environment
Housing
Infrastructure (economics)
Public health
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oai:collections.unu.edu:UNU:4484
2016-02-12T14:06:32Z
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Development of Financial Intermediation and the Dynamics of Rural-Urban Inequality : China, 1978-98
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<p>Using China as a test case, this paper empirically investigates how the development of financial intermediation affects rural-urban income disparity (RUID). Using 20-year province level panel data, we find that the level of financial development is positi</p>
2006-01-01
Liu, Mingxing
Zhang, Qi
Chen, Yiu Por
Housing
Banks and banking
Central
Economic planning
Equity
Housing
Transportation
UNU-WIDER
oai:collections.unu.edu:UNU:4347
2016-02-12T14:09:53Z
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Housing and Personal Wealth in a Global Context
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<p>Housing is the single most important component of personal wealth in most countries. The special characteristics of housing markets are therefore key to understanding personal portfolios, saving, the household distribution of wealth, and the monetary tran</p>
2007-01-01
Muellbauer, John
Housing
Consumption (economics)
Housing
Interest rate
Macroeconomics
UNU-WIDER
oai:collections.unu.edu:UNU:4322
2016-02-12T15:06:52Z
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Housing Privatization and Household Wealth in Transition
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<p>All countries in transition experienced increases in inequality. They have also undertaken massive privatization of key asset housing, often on give-away terms. Are these two phenomena related? Has transfer of ownership rights to residents slowed down the</p>
2007-01-01
Yemtsov, Ruslan
Housing
Equality and inequality
Household surveys
Housing
Privatization
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oai:collections.unu.edu:UNU:4047
2016-02-12T15:42:43Z
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The Face of Urban Poverty : Explaining the Prevalence of Slums in Developing Countries
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<p>One of the most visible and enduring manifestations of urban poverty in developing countries is the formation and proliferation of slums. While attention has focused on the rapid pace of urbanization as the sole or major factor explaining the proliferatio</p>
2010-01-01
Arimah, Ben C.
Housing
Econometric models
Housing
Market and demand (housing)
Measurement (poverty)
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2016-02-12T15:42:47Z
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Parsing the Urban Poverty Puzzle : A Multi-generational Panel Study in Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas, 1968–2008
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<p>This paper describes the methodology of a longitudinal multi-generational study in the favelas (shantytowns) of Rio de Janeiro from 1968 to 2008. Major political transformations took place in Brazil during this interval: from dictatorship to `opening´ to</p>
2010-01-01
Perlman, Janice E.
Housing
Migration
Methodology (economics)
Housing
Migration
Internal
Urban planning
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2016-02-12T16:06:15Z
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Cocaine Cities : Exploring the Relationship between Urban Processes and the Drug Trade in South America
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<p>The relationship between the cocaine trade and urban land markets in South America has been overlooked by the mainstream economics and urban studies literature. This paper examines two avenues through which the cocaine trade can have a large impact on urb</p>
2011-01-01
Navarro, Ignacio A.
Housing
Drug traffic
Housing
Corruption
Urban economics
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