
Intense urban growth and a high proportion of the urban population still living in slums makes accessible housing a major economic and social issue in developping and emerging countries. It is also a de facto high-potential market in which the private sector must play a prominent role. The challenges to unleash this potential are however many: deepening of the housing finance sector, access to land, contained construction costs, simplification of administrative and regulatory procedures, etc.
- Potential and needs for affordable housing
- Urban slum population by region, 1990-2012
- Housing tenure, 2011
- House price and rent to income ratio, 2011
- Africa’s new housing needs, 1955-2050
- Housing loans value by region (as a % of GDP)
- Housing loans value by region (as a % of the overall loan portfolio)
- World commodity prices, 2009-2018
- Time and cost for property registration and construction permit, 2012