A financial framework for reducing slums: Lessons from experience in Latin America

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-216

  Ferguson, Bruce ^a   Navarrete, Jesus ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING PROVISION; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MICROFINANCE;

LATIN AMERICA;

SLUM;

EID: 0242662583     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1630/095624703101286646     Document Type: Article

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