Thirty years of World Bank shelter lending : what have we learned? / / editors, Robert M. Buckley and Jerry Kalarickal

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xvii, 117 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 363.5/82
• Soggetto topico: Housing - Developing countries - Finance; Economic assistance - Developing countries
• Altri autori: BuckleyRobert M KalarickalJerry
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-111) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Section I: Introduction and Objectives; Boxes; Tables; Section II: Policy Instruments; Section III: Summary; Figures; Maps; Appendix: The Data; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As England's Industrial Revolution started the process of urbanization that has since characterized development throughout the world, a poet worried about the ""dark satanic mills"" that were such a fundamental part of this revolution. However, despite his misgivings, he also suggested that it was necessary for societies to arm themselves with ""chariots of fire"" and other weapons so that they could master this process. In a somewhat more prosaic poetic vein World Bank President Robert McNamara launched the bank's shelter assistance programs saying that 'If cities do not begin to deal more co
• Titolo autorizzato: Thirty years of World Bank shelter lending
• ISBN: 1-280-44755-9; 9786610447558; 0-8213-6578-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807413503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)