Housing Policy in Developing Countries (Routledge Library Editions: Housing)

ISBN 10: 104114069X / ISBN 13: 9781041140696

Published by Routledge, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Housing Policy in Developing Countries (Routledge Library Editions: Housing)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 104114069X
• ISBN 13: 9781041140696
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Originally published in 1990, this title asks, what has been the role of the state vis-à-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.

About the Author

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.