Housing Finance
During November 2007, the Pacific Island Trade and Investment Commission sponsored rountable discussions in Brisbane to examine the issuess of the availability and affordability of housing in Melanesia. In attendance were key decision makers from the Reserve Banks, Superannuation funds, commercial banks and other financial institutions in the sub-region.
- A summary of the event is available here;
- The agenda from the event is available here;
- A selection of articles regarding housing availablity and affordablity is provided below:
Housing Finance Resources
(Source - Pacific Island Trade and Investement Commission)
"Opening Presentation: Expanding Housing Finance Systems," Loic Chiquier, Lead Housing Finance Specialist, World Bank
"Housing Finance and Housing Markets in an Urbanizing World," Bob Buckley, Housing Policy Advisor, World Bank
Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor Working Group Scope of Work WG 2: Property Rights; (Summary)
Islands Business Cover Story: URBAN CRISIS
Housing: The Next 4 Billion at the Base of the Pyramid (PowerPoint presentation)
Housing Finance and the Economy: Trends & Issues the Indian Experience by Deepak Parekh, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd., (India)
Housing Finance in Asia, Asian Development Bank, Robert Bestani Johanna Klein (Presentation)
Home Ownership and Indigenous Australians ANZ Banking Group Limited Discussion Papers July 2007
Expanding the Reach of Housing Finance in Developing Countries & Emerging Economies by Cas Coovadia, The Banking Association, (South Africa)
Designing and Operating Home Ownership Programs on Tribal Lands
"Contractual Housing Savings-From Hungary to India," Friedemann Roy, Senior Project Manager, Bankakademie International (supplementary)
"Examples of 'Smart' Housing Finance Subsidies," Marja C. Hoek-Smit, Director, International Housing Program, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania