ABSTRACT
First Published in 2004. Housing policies and programmes tend to result from political expediency, rather than a rational and informed analysis of the situation and the demands of individual households for housing. Housing the Poor in the Developing World aims to show how methods of analysis can be used to improve efficacy and equity in housing projects and policies, with analysis designed for local circumstances. This book is aimed at satisfying the need to bring together methods of analysis from several disciplines which can be applied to housing. Each method is presented and illustrated with a case study to show how it can be used to inform housing policy in a wide range of countries in all parts of the developing world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|19 pages
Participant observation
A study of state-aided self-help housing in Lucknow, India
chapter 6|17 pages
Analysis of government mortgage records
Insights for state theory and housing policy with reference to Jamaica
chapter 8|17 pages
Discriminant analysis
Tenure choice and demand for housing services in Kumasi, Ghana
chapter 9|26 pages
Regression analysis
Determinants of overcrowding and house condition in Ghanaian housing markets
chapter 10|20 pages
Econometric analysis
Measuring the impact of rent controls in urban housing markets
chapter 11|19 pages
Contingent valuation: Estimating the willingness to pay for housing services: a case study of water supply in
Estimating the willingness to pay for housing services: a case study of water supply in southern Haiti
chapter 12|26 pages
Discounted cash flow analysis
Present value models of housing programmes and policies
