Article in: China’s Housing Reform and Outcomes

Authors: Shlomo Angel, Midori Valdiva, and Rebecca M. Lutzy

First published: 2011

Pages: 137-156

Overview:  This volume provides background and explanations about the causes and consequences of China’s boom in residential construction, and it reviews how some well-established and ongoing trends are likely to impact China’s housing sector in coming years.

Full Text: Urban Expansion, Land Conversion, and Affordable Housing (PDF)

Article Information: Prepared for the government of Belize and the World Bank

Authors: Shlomo Angel, Stephen C. Sheppard and Daniel L. Civco, with Robert Buckley, Anna Chabaeva, Lucy Gitlin, Alison Kraley, Jason Parent, and Micah Perlin

Date: January, 2010

Overview: This report is an assessment of the housing sector and the housing policy environment in Belize at the present time. Its practical and immediate goal is to provide a useful analysis of the housing sector in Belize focused on its parameters, potentials, and pitfalls, in order to assist the Government as well as the various stakeholders in the housing sector in moving together towards ensuring “access to quality and affordable housing by all” in the coming years.

Full Text (unpublished): Housing Policy in Belize: Diagnosis and Guidelines for Action (PDF)

Article Information: Submitted to the U.N. Human Settlements Programme and the World Bank

Authors: Shlomo Angel

Date: September, 2004

Overview: This policy note examines the major thrusts of the draft report of Taskforce 8 of the Millennium Project, rewords Target 11, proposes that Target 11 be the core target of a two–pronged global shelter policy, examines the policy implications of expanding Target 11 to include new shelter needs, and outlines a framework for monitoring it globally. It proposes that Target 11 be reworded to read: “By 2020, improving substantially the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers while providing adequate alternatives to new slum formation,” rather than “by deterring new slum formation” as proposed by the Taskforce.

Full Text (unpublished): Defining and Monitoring Target 11 – A Policy Note (PDF)

Article Information: Preparado para el Gobierno de Uruguay y El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)

Authors: Shlomo Angel

Date: March, 2004

Overview (en español): Este informe tiene como objetivo proveer al Gobierno de Uruguay y al Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) de una información sistemática sobre el sector de vivienda en Uruguay en el presente, concentrándose en elementos relevantes del contexto demográfico, social, económico, y político que afectan al funcionamiento del sector de vivienda en el país; a las condiciones actuales en el sector; y al estado corriente de la política de vivienda.

Full Text in Spanish (unpublished): Politica de Vivienda en Uruguay: Diagnostico y Guias de Accion (PDF)

Article Information: Submitted to the U.N. Human Settlements Programme and the World Bank

Authors: Shlomo Angel

Date: July, 2004

Overview: This research note proposes two complementary procedures that can supplement the present efforts of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) in monitoring Target 11 of the Millennium Development Goals: “By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers.” The proposed procedures rely on two sources of data: (a) available national population censuses for the two latest census periods; and (b) new data—involving both remote–sensing data (e.g. air photographs), household surveys, and structured institutional surveys in a global sample of 120 cities.

Full Text (unpublished): Two Complementary Approaches to Monitoring Target 11 (PDF)

Article Information: Report to the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C.

Authors: Shlomo Angel

Date: September, 2002

Overview: This document focuses on five areas: (1) a brief history of the Bank’s involvement in the housing sector; (2) the development objectives of housing sector loans; (3) the volume and structure of housing loans; (4) the design of housing loans; and (5) the performance of housing loans. It briefly reviews the Bank’s Operational Guidelines for Housing of 1995 and stresses the continued relevance of these guidelines. It then discusses the overall rationale for housing sector lending by the Bank and the critical components of housing sector reform.

Full Text (unpublished): A Proposed Conceptual Framework for Monitoring IDB-Assisted Housing Programs (PDF)

Article Information: Report to the Inter-American Development Bank and the Government of Honduras, Washington, D.C.

Authors: Shlomo Angel

Date: June, 2002

Overview: The four objectives of this report are: (1) To examine the context of the Honduran housing sector (Part I); (2) To assess the current conditions in the sector (Part II); (3) To examine the status of housing policy (Part III); and (4) To propose a preliminary set of guidelines for Government action on housing at the present time (Part IV).

Full Text (unpublished): Housing Policy in Honduras (PDF)

Full Text in Spanish (unpublished) (PDF)

Article in: Journal of Housing Economics, 10

Authors: Shlomo Angel

First published: 2001

Pages: 176–209

Overview: This paper presents a diagnostic tool for the rapid assessment of the housing market and housing policy in a given country, using a global comparative perspective. The aim of such an assessment is to ground proposed government interventions in the housing market in a broader housing market reform. In this article, Shlomo Angel uses the study conducted in Panama to illustrate the usefulness of this diagnostic framework, and to demonstrate how to derive specific policy recommendations from a general comparative analysis.

Full Text: Housing Policy Assessment and Its Application to Panama (PDF)

Article Information: Report to the Inter-American Development Bank and the Government of Argentina, Washington, D.C.

Authors: Shlomo Angel

Date:  July, 2001

Overview: The five specific objectives of this study are: (a) to examine the economic, social and demographic context of the housing sector; (b) to assess the current conditions in the sector; (c) to evaluate the status of housing policy and the housing programs undertaken by the Government; (d) to propose a preliminary matrix of the guidelines for action necessary to secure the $500 million sector loan; and (e) to propose a set of housing sector studies in preparation for the National Housing Program

Full Text (unpublished): Housing Policy in Argentina (PDF)

Article Information: Report to the Inter-American Development Bank and the Government of Ecuador, Washington, D.C.

Authors: Shlomo Angel

Date: May, 2000

Overview: This paper aims to provide a quick diagnosis of the housing sector and the status of housing policy in Ecuador, and to focus on a number of priorities and proposed programs that can guide housing policy in Ecuador at the present time.

Full Text (unpublished): Housing Policy in Ecuador (PDF)