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The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and e...
With INR 3.56 lakh crore allocated to India's cities, the Sixteenth Finance Commission is turning a new page. More funding, more flexibility, stronger incentives to grow.
See what this means for y...
The Affordable Housing Finance Challenge
...s struggling to fix it. Patrick McAllister from Habitat for Humanity International joins us to discuss how we can unlock affordable housing finance fo...
Hellen Wanjohi-Opil | Urban Case Studies on Land-Based Finance
From Cape Town, 🇿🇦, to Freetown, 🇸🇱, to Addis Ababa, 🇪🇹, #cities across Africa are using land-based finance to fuel sustainable growth.
"These case studies showcase different efforts that many
For many smallholder farmers, accessing finance to purchase productive assets remains one of the biggest barriers to growth. Traditional lending often comes with requirements such as collateral, gu...
Crazy Town: Episode 126. The Hypocrite’s Guide to the Galaxy: Muddling Toward a Sustainable Footprint
Emmerentian Mbabazi | Land-Based Finance for Urban Services
Land is Africa’s most underleveraged asset class — and one of the biggest opportunities to finance better urban services️ 🏢.
At #WUF13, UN-Habitat and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy — with c..
Aklilu Fikresilassie | Land-Based Finance in African Cities
Africa’s #cities need $157B every year to fund infrastructure, public services and housing 🏘️.
Today at #WUF13, UN-Habitat and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy — with contributions from WRI Af..
We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.
But what happens when the system is broken?
When finance ignores informal incomes?
WUF13 has made it clear: housing is not secondary. It is th...
Informal settlements are now a dominant form of urban growth, providing homes for millions but often marked by limited services, insecure tenure and growing exposure to climate risks.
This dialog...
Entrepreneurship shouldn’t feel like a debt trap.
In April 2022, we started something in Abuja that challenged a common assumption: that financing smallholder-focused assets is inherently high risk...
Jakub mieszka w Szczecinie, mieście położonym w północno-zachodniej Polsce. Choć w całym kraju znacząco wzrosły ceny lokali mieszkalnych i czynsze najmu, Jakub ma przystępne cenowo mieszkanie wybud...
Seminario Red de Ciudades BID: El poder de los bonos temáticos
Bogotá se convirtió en la primera ciudad latinoamericana en emitir un bono verde internacional. Tokio emitió el primer bono de resiliencia urbana certificado del mundo, con una demanda siete veces ...
Seminario Red de Ciudades BID: Instrumentos de gestión urbana
Las ciudades de América Latina y el Caribe tienen en el suelo urbano una fuente de recursos propia — y una de las menos aprovechadas. Instrumentos como las contribuciones por mejoras, los cargos po...
Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean hold one of their most valuable — and least leveraged — sources of resources in urban land. Instruments such as betterment contributions, development charg...
As cidades da América Latina e do Caribe têm no solo urbano uma das suas fontes de recursos mais valiosas — e menos aproveitadas. Instrumentos como contribuições de melhoria, encargos por direitos ...
Yasmine van der Straten (Nova School of Business and Economics) presents "Flooded House or Underwater Mortgage".
Os instrumentos de financiamento existem — linhas de crédito contingentes, seguros de infraestrutura, fundos de adaptação — mas acessá-los não é automático. Exigem planos de resposta validados, est...