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Relevant Resources

Publications

A Literature Review on Housing Finance Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
. May 2007. Mary R. Tomlinson. FinMark Trust.

A Report on Low Income Housing in India: Challenges and Opportunities for Microfinance
. June 2007. Centre for Microfinance at the Institute for Financial Management and Research and Habitat for Humanity India.

Access to Housing Finance in Africa: Exploring the Issues in Zambia
. May 2007. David Gardner with input from Kecia Rust. FinMark Trust. Comments and contributions can be sent to the FinMark Trust’s Housing Finance Theme Champion, Kecia Rust on Kecia@iafrica.com .

Building the Homes of the Poor – One Brick at a Time: Housing Improvement Lending at Mibanco
. January 2003. Warren Brown. ACCION International: Insight #4.

Capitalizing on the Strength of Community Organizations
. October 2007. Russell Danao Schroeder. Habitat for Humanity.

The Community Led Infrastructure Finance Facility
. May 2005. Malcom Jack and Ian Morris of Homeless International. International Association of Local and Regional Development Funds in Emerging Markets.

A Comparison of Housing Finance Programs for Low Income People in Peru
. May 2007. ACCION International and Cities Alliance.

The Enabling Environment for Housing Microfinance in Kenya
. April 2003. Cities Alliance: Shelter Finance for the Poor Series.

Developing Housing Microfinance Products in Central America
. August 2004. Richard Shumann. ACCION International: Insight #12.

FUNHAVI’s Housing Microfinance program in Mexico
. November 2002. Cities Alliance: Shelter Finance for the Poor Series.

Getting to Scale in Housing Microfinance: A Study of ACCION Partners in Latin America
. May 2007. Nino Mesarina and Christy Stickney. ACCION International: Insight #21.

Housing Finance in East Asia
. December 2006. Loïc Chiquier. The World Bank.

Housing for All: Essential to Economic, Social, and Civic Development
. June 2006. Prepared by PADCO in collaboration with the International Housing Coalition.

Housing Microfinance: A Guide to Practice
. January 2004. Franck Daphnis and Bruce Ferguson. Kumarian Press.

Housing the Poor by Engaging the Private and Citizen Sectors: Social Innovations and “Hybrid Value Chains.”
June 2006. Stephanie Schmidt with Valeria Budinich. Ashoka.

SEWA Bank’s Housing Microfinance Program in India
. November 2002. Cities Alliance: Shelter Finance for the Poor Series.

Thirty Years of World Bank Shelter Lending
. 2006. Robert M. Buckley and Jerry Kalarickal. The World Bank.


Other links

CGAP DIRECT Presentation on Housing Finance

CGAP Donor Brief No. 20 – Housing Microfinance

CGAP Housing Finance Framing the Debate Papers

Cities Alliance: Housing Finance Resources

FinMark Trust Financial Diaries with Conclusions on Housing

FinMark Trust Housing Finance resources

International Housing Coalition Resources

International Institute for Environment and Development: HiFi Newsletters

Settlements Information Network Africa (SINA) Special Edition newsletter

Wharton School of Business International Housing Finance Resources