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Habitat Conference for a better Urban Future

Published: Friday, October 16, 2009

Changed: Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The Ministry of National Housing, Zimbabwe, and the United Nations arranges a conference about new thinking in housing that creates housing assets and wealth for the poor. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, October 26-30 october 2009.

In order to learn from best practices and to provide input into policy and formulation regarding new thinking in housing a Habitat conference is arranged at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe 26th to 30th October 2009. Main theme for the conference is "Towards an Integrated Approach to Sustainable and Affordable Housing and Social Amenities Delivery in Zimbabwe.

Final  programme   for the conference.

 

Background documents from other partners than Sida.

 

African publications:

Bibliography of papers in Africa relating to housing microfinance ...

Selected abstracts of resources in Africa relating to housing microfinance ...

FMO Housing SACs case

Urban Land for all

Secure Land Rights

 Latin American Publications:

ACCION International, Peru Case Study for Cities Alliance

Getting to Scale in Housing Microfinance; A Study of ACCION Partners in Latin America

Construction Assistance in Housing Micro Finance

Industry Publications:

AMAP Financial services knowledge generation project: final report

ShoreBank International Ltd. 1 Private Sector Involvement/Mainstreaming – How can the private sector become more engaged in housing finance solutions for the poor?

A Report on Low Income Housing in India: Challenges and Opportunities for Microfinance

Maximizing choice: Diverse approaches to the challenge of housing microfinance . Microreport #97

The housing market, WRI report

The Return of the Slum: Does Language Matter? Alan Gilbert

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