Housing Finance in Emerging Markets Connecting Low-Income Groups to Markets /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Köhn, Doris (Editor), Pischke, J. D. von (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Subjects: Finance.; Macroeconomics.; Development economics.; Economics.; Development Economics.; Finance, general.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.

The growth of urban areas and population in middle and low income countries is a continuing trend. Urbanization expands as rural to urban migration offers better income opportunities in cities. This trend is both a source of development opportunities and challenges for the housing sector. On the one...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The Challenges of Housing Finance
• Housing Finance and Financial Inclusion
• Government Policies and Their Implications for Housing Finance
• Regulation and Access to Finance
• Institutions and the Promotion of Housing Finance
• Wholesale Funding Instruments
• Primary Mortgage Market Development in Emerging Markets - Is the Central and Eastern Europe Experience Replicable in Sub-Saharan Africa?
• Housing Finance from Post-conflict Intervention to Market Development in the Balkans
• Approaches and Policies at KfW Entwicklungsbank.