Thirty years of World Bank shelter lending

"Thirty Years of World Bank Shelter Lending: What Have We Learned? reviews how $16 billion of World Bank shelter assistance lending since the 1970s - 278 loans to more than 90 countries - has performed and how the policy environment for such lending has evolved. While shelter projects have performed quite well according to independent evaluations, this review identifies lessons learned and makes a number of recommendations for how the World Bank should respond to increasing demand for shelter assistance. This book will be of special interest to urban development specialists, economic policy makers, and land policy administrators."--BOOK JACKET.