Journal article
Housing as a Tool of Economic Development since 1929
Abstract
Housing policy in the developing world has usually been shaped by social and political considerations, yet housing can also be used to promote economic development. From the 1930s to the 1950s, it was increasingly deployed for this purpose by the agencies of colonial powers, including Britain and France; by the United States in Puerto Rico; and by the US Agency for International Development and the Inter‐American Development Bank in Latin …
Authors
ARKU G; HARRIS R
Journal
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 895–915
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
December 2005
DOI
10.1111/j.1468-2427.2005.00627.x
ISSN
0309-1317