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Housing Policies and Programs in Guatemala (2000)

Title: Housing Policies and Programs in Guatemala: Diagnosis, Evaluation and Guidelines for Action (2000) -unpublished Article Information: Report to the Inter-American Development Bank and the Government of Guatemala, Washington, D.C. Authors: Shlomo Angel Date:  September, 2000 Overview: This paper provides an analysis of the present economic, political, and social context of the Guatemalan housing sector, the conditions in the [...]

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A National Settlement Program for Trinidad and Tobago (2000)

Title: A National Settlement Program for Trinidad and Tobago: The Key to Housing Policy Reform (2000) -unpublished Article Information: Report to the Inter-American Development Bank and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, Washington, D.C. Authors: Shlomo Angel Date: November, 2000 Overview: The objectives of this report are (a) to assess current housing conditions in Trinidad and Tobago, (b) to diagnose [...]

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Housing Policy and Housing Programs in Panama (2000)

Title: Housing Policy and Housing Programs in Panama: Diagnosis and Guidelines for Action (2000) -unpublished Article Information: Report to the Inter-American Development Bank and the Government of Panama, Washington, D.C. Authors: Shlomo Angel Date: November, 2000 Overview: This paper has two objectives: (a) to assess the current state of the housing sector and the progress made to–date in housing policy [...]

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Housing Policy in the Dominican Republic (2000)

Title: Housing Policy in the Dominican Republic: Diagnosis and Guidelines for Action (2000) -unpublished Article Information: Report to the Inter-American Development Bank and the Government of the Dominican Republic, Washington, D.C. Authors: Shlomo Angel Date: December, 2000 Overview: The four objectives of this report are: (a) to examine the economic, social and demographic context of the housing sector; (b) to [...]

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The Housing Indicators Program (1993)

Title: The Housing Indicators Program: A Report on Progress and Plans for the future (1993) Article in: Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Vol.8, No.1 Authors: Shlomo Angel, Stephen K. Mayo First published: 1993 Pages: 13-47 Overview: This report explains the rationale of the Housing Indicators Program in greater detail. It gives an overview of progress made to date and introduces [...]

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Land Sharing: The Sengki Project (1992)

Title: Land Sharing: The Sengki Project (1992) Article in: Low-income Housing In Bangkok: A Review of Some housing Sub-Markets, HSD Monograph 25, Asian Institute of Technology Authors: Shlomo Angel, Yap Kioe Sheng First published: 1992 Pages: 49-72 Overview: This chapter is an abridged version of an interim evaluation report on the Sengki land sharing project which Shlomo Angel and Yap Kioe Sheng [...]

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The Down-Market Trend in Housing Production in Bangkok (1990)

Title: The Down‑Market Trend in Housing Production in Bangkok (1990) Article in: Third World Planning Review Authors: Shlomo Angel, Sureeporn Chuated First published: 1990 Overview: There is usually a broad segment in which housing authorities can operate without significant competition from the private sector.  Lack of private-sector interest in this niche leads to the conclusion that it is unprofitable, and provides [...]

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Informal Land Subdivision in Bangkok (1990)

Title: Informal Land Subdivision in Bangkok Article in: The Transformation of Land Supply Systems in Third World Cities Authors: Shlomo Angel and Sopon Pornchokchai First published: 1990 Overview: By 1950, the residential sector in Bangkok was made up of three major components: individually-built houses on relatively large plots of land shophouses, and densely-built slum areas. Beginning in the 1950s, [...]

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The Low-Cost Rental Housing Market in Bangkok, 1987 (1989)

Title: The Low-Cost Rental Housing Market in Bangkok, 1987 (1989) Article in: Habitat International, vol. 13, issue 3 Authors: Shlomo Angel, Parpis Amtapunth First published: 1989 Pages: 173-185 Overview: This pilot study of the low-cost rental housing market in Bangkok forms a part of a more general investigation by the Bangkok Land Management Study Team of the housing delivery system aimed at [...]

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Bangkok Slum Lands (1989)

Title: Bangkok Slum Lands: Policy Implications of Recent Findings (1989) Article in: Cities  Authors: Shlomo Angel, Sopon Pornchokchai First published: May, 1989 Pages: 136‑146 Overview: This pilot study of the size and growth of slum lands in Bangkok from 1974 to 1984 forms part of the general investigation by the Bangkok Land Management Study Team entitled The Land and Housing Markets of [...]

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