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Housing policy matters : a global analysis
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In this article, the authors unify housing policy by integrating industrialized and developing-country interventions in the housing sector into a comprehensive global framework, which is used to compare housing policies and conditions in 53 countries.Abstract:
This book unifies housing policy by integrating industrialized and developing-country interventions in the housing sector into a comprehensive global framework. One hundred indicators are used to compare housing policies and conditions in 53 countries. Statistical analysis confirms that - after accounting for economic development - enabling housing policies result in improved housing conditions.read more
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