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Construction and Real Estate

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Construction and Real Estate Housing

Sub-Saharan Africa: Growth also depends on the funding of affordable housing

  • Delphine Sangodeyi Housing expert Affordable Housing Institute
  • Jeremy Gorelick Consultant Affordable Housing Institute
06 April 2016
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Well-functioning areas are a key issue for Africa’s development. The housing sector, with the construction of millions of affordable homes for the masses in Africa, represents a major challenge but […]Continue Reading
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Housing in figures

  • Proparco
26 August 2014
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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 […]Continue Reading
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Construction and Real Estate Housing

Housing public-private partnerships in Latin America: lessons from Mexico and elsewhere

  • Bruce Ferguson
25 August 2014
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In the early 1980s, Latin American governments abandoned direct production of public housing in favour of the enabling housing markets approach. They heavily subsidized private developers and mortgage lenders to Continue Reading
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The complex challenge of building a home loans market in Ghana

  • Dominic Adu Co-founder Ghana Home Loans
18 August 2014
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Inadequate real-estate supply and the absence of a deep capital market have hampered the development of the home loans market in Ghana. The rapid success of Ghana Home Loans, which […]Continue Reading
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Regulated rental sector can meet the urban housing challenge

  • Marie Huchzermeyer Professor University of the Witwatersrand
11 August 2014
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Governments in developing countries have rightly promoted homeownership as a way of alleviating poverty. But, faced with rapid population growth and the prospect of millions ending up in slums, they […]Continue Reading
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A new generation of real-estate developers focusing on low-income housing

  • Pawan Sarda head of marketing and product development Tata Housing Development Company
04 August 2014
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Developers who want to enter India’s affordable housing market face many obstacles. But with an estimated market value of USD 245 billion, the sector is attracting growing interest. Tata Housing, […]Continue Reading
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Housing the world: leveraging private-sector resources for the public good

  • Simon Walley Economist The World Bank Group
28 July 2014
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By 2030, around 3 billion people in the developing world will need housing. That means 565 million new units, adding to the current gap of more than 400 million homes. […]Continue Reading
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Cement in figures

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12 July 2011
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Cement consumption, bolstered by residential construction, has seen a sharp increase in emerging countries over the past twenty years. This impetus leads to an often high level of per capita consumption and […]Continue Reading
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Curb carbon footprint and promote development: a tricky balance

  • Guillaume Mortelier Strategy consulting Proparco
  • Denis Sireyjol Investment officer Proparco
11 July 2011
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The cement industry is both a driver for economic expansion in developing countries and a large CO2 emitter. What approach should development finance institutions adopt in order to curb the […]Continue Reading
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The positive impacts of a responsible cement industry

  • Pierre-Olivier Boyer Human Relations Manager Vicat
04 July 2011
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Growing urbanization creates ever-increasing needs for cement. The cement industry holds some advantages that can allow it to meet this demand, limit its carbon footprint and participate in the development […]Continue Reading
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