Finance as the key to unlocking community potential: Savings, funds and the ACCA programme

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 423-440

  Archer, Diane ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; community development funds; community savings; housing finance; slum upgrading

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOUSING FINANCE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SAVINGS;

CAMBODIA; PHILIPPINES; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84867432993     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247812449235     Document Type: Article

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