Housing Policy in Developing Countries
Published on 18. November 2025
188 pages
978-1-040-56525-4 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1990, this title asks, what has been the role of the state vis-a-vis housing policy in developing countries over the last few years? To date there had been no significant attempt to deal comprehensively with state intervention in the housing market in the developing world, most of the literature choosing to concentrate either on specific country studies or on single issues.
This book attempts an analysis of comparative housing policy - the study of how, why, and to what effect different governments pursue particular courses of action or inaction. Two main strategies can be identified - the demand-side and the supply-side. Policy makers opt for subsidies either to builders (whether they are formal or informal, profit making or non-profit making) or to consumers, or for a combination of both. This book analyses the consequences of those decisions in a wide cross-section of developing countries. Its conclusions will interest all those studying housing in the developing world.
This book attempts an analysis of comparative housing policy - the study of how, why, and to what effect different governments pursue particular courses of action or inaction. Two main strategies can be identified - the demand-side and the supply-side. Policy makers opt for subsidies either to builders (whether they are formal or informal, profit making or non-profit making) or to consumers, or for a combination of both. This book analyses the consequences of those decisions in a wide cross-section of developing countries. Its conclusions will interest all those studying housing in the developing world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
10,94 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-56525-4 (9781040565254)
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Gil Shidlo
Housing Policy in Developing Countries
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Gil Shidlo was, at the time of original publication, joint lecturer at the Department of Political Science and the Graduate Programme of Public Policy at Tel Aviv University. He has widely written on the subject of housing and social policy in the developing world.
Content
List of Tables. The Contributors. Acknowledgements. Housing and the State - An Overview. 1. Housing and the State in Mexico Priscilla Connolly 2. Housing Policy in Brazil Gil Shidlo 3. The State and Housing in Chile - Regime Types and Policy Choices Fernando Kusnetzoff 4. Housing in India - Observations on the Government's Intervention Policies K. P. Bhattacharya 5. Housing Development and Reforms in China Joochul Kim 6. The New Towns in Egypt Gil Feiler 7. Housing Policy in Turkey Rusen Keles. Index.
