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This report evaluates the housing finance mechanism in Chile, with special attention to the issues of affordability, efficiency, effectiveness and stability.
This report examines the nature and scope of the housing problem in Peru. It reviews the evolution of the housing finance systems and main players of the housing finance system and driving forces...
This report reviews the housing finance mechanisms and instruments in Bolivia. It consists of six parts. Part 1 provides an overview of the political, macro-economic and financial sector and its...
This report uses the Global Strategy for Shelter to the Year 2000 as the basis for describing "enabling" strategies and processes in the field of shelter provision and improvement. A...
Shelter Projects 2010 is the third annual compilation of shelter programmes. This book contains summaries of shelter projects that have been implemented in response to conflicts, complex...
The unprecedented scale of recent earthquakes in Chile, Haiti and Japan underlines the importance of having the body of knowledge and best practices easily available for affected governments in...
The design procedure included in the Peru new Masonry Design Code called œNorma E. 070? for confined masonry buildings is presented. This procedure is based on experimental tests performed in Peru...
Based on experiences after the Alto Mayo earthquake of 1990. Issues addressed include rebuilding from safe, indigenous materials and participation of the community.
El presente documento ha sido elaborado con la finalidad de proporcionar los criteriosnormativos para el diseño de los locales escolares y espacios educativos de los nivelesde Educación Inicial,...
Conflicts force people to leave their homes. Indeed, one of the measures of the severity of a conflict – in addition to casualties and duration – is the extent to which people have been displaced...