The inability to afford a decent shelter has a detrimental effect on people’s lives, their well-being and productivity, and the broader economy. Given the pervasiveness of the problem on a global scale...
This study aims to re-visit the concept and practice of social housing, take stock of good practices and innovations, as well as the failures of social housing, and suggest ways in which the World Bank...
In September 2017, Hurricane Irma devastated housing on the island of Sint Maarten. Between January and March of 2019, a World Bank team carried out this Rapid Housing Sector Diagnostic. The Diagnostic...
Romania is severely exposed to a range of natural disasters—in particular, to earthquakes and floods—resulting in substantial social, physical, and financial impacts across the country. Since 1990, 77...
Bulgaria’s housing sector provides a window into the broader issues of the country’s social, and economic transformation. This process has been difficult, and, as was the case in many transition countries...
Bulgaria’s housing sector provides a window into the broader issues of the country’s social, and economic transformation. This process has been difficult, and, as was the case in many transition countries...
The intent of this report is to establish a broad-brush understanding of the housing situation in Georgia, and provide strategic policy recommendations to inform Georgia’s Urban Strategy. Given the absence...
The Government of Romania (GOR) has asked the World Bank to support its efforts to harmonizepublic investments financed by the European Union and from the State budget. The objectives of thiswork are to...
The Government of Romania (GOR) has asked the World Bank to support its efforts to harmonizepublic investments financed by the European Union and from the State budget. The objectives of thiswork are to...
The Government of Romania (GOR) has asked the World Bank to support its efforts to harmonizepublic investments financed by the European Union and from the State budget. The objectives of thiswork are to...
The Government of Romania (GOR) has asked the World Bank to support its efforts to harmonizepublic investments financed by the European Union and from the State budget. The objectives of thiswork are to...
The Government of Romania (GOR) has asked the World Bank to support its efforts to harmonizepublic investments financed by the European Union and from the State budget. The objectives of thiswork are to...
The Government of Romania (GOR) has asked the World Bank to support its efforts to harmonizepublic investments financed by the European Union and from the State budget. The objectives of thiswork are to...
Romanian Roma families today constitute a large, young, and extremely poor ethnic minority group, facing exclusion from markets and services. Investments in Roma inclusion are essential for Romania to...
Romanian Roma families today constitute a large, young, and extremely poor ethnic minority group, facing exclusion from markets and services. Investments in Roma inclusion are essential for Romania to...
Romania's long-term economic sustainability and the long-term viability of the country's social protection system crucially depend on the success of Roma inclusion. The Romanian Roma is poor, vulnerable...
Romanian Roma families today constitute a large, young, and extremely poor ethnic minority group, facing exclusion from markets and services. Investments in Roma inclusion are essential for Romania to...
Romanian Roma families today constitute a large, young, and extremely poor ethnic minority group, facing exclusion from markets and services. Investments in Roma inclusion are essential for Romania to...
A recent study of house price behavior in U.S. cities by Gyourko, Mayer, and Sinai (2006) raises questions about so-called superstar cities in which housing is so inelastically supplied that it becomes...