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Bangladesh: Habitat for Humanity

The document of Habitat for Humanity on Cyclone Sidr which was was the second occasion Habitat for Humanity responded to a natural disaster in Bangladesh. The cyclone struck as Habitat was providing transitiona...

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Afghanistan: Final Report Rural Housing Microfinance

This document is a  Final Report summarizing the findings of SBI after conducting a Rural Housing Microfinance Survey for First Microfinance Bank-Afghanistan (FMFB-A). This survey was developed to support FMFB-...

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Afghanistan: Rural Housing Micro-Finance

This presentation is about First Micro Finance Bank Afghanistan’s offering housing microfinance since 2008 and their current portfolio growing to more than $6 million in loans outstanding, serving more than 4,5...

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Afghanistan: Regulatory and Policy Interventions to Promote Housing

This document is about developing the housing sector requires a clear legal framework and institutional infrastructure for commercial and financial transactions in the housing market. That means creating a soun...

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Afghanistan: Rebuilding Housing

This document of IFC paper about Rebuilding Afghanistan’s housing. Worldwide, homeownership is a primary means of long-term wealth accumulation and financial security for most families and is important in promo...

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Afghanistan: Microfinance Investment Facility

This document is about the Depository Microfinance Institution Regulation (DMFI Regulation) in Afghanistan for allowing microfinance institutions to collect deposits from the public. The question of whether MFI...

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Afghanistan: Land Reform Project

This document is the Land Reform in Afghanistan (LARA) project that is working with the appropriate Afghan authorities to implement an IT solution for improving the inventory management of cadastral information...

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Afghanistan: Islamic Housing Microfinance and Challenges

As most of the housing shortage is in the low-income segment, the poor need empowerment in housing finance. Institutional Housing Finance is either non-existent or at the infancy stage in most of the Muslim Wor...

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Housing and Housing Finance challenges

World Population today is 7.12 billion (bn), and by 2050 will be 8.92 bn plus. Almost half of the World lives on less than $ 2.50 a day. Nearly 80% are under $10 a day. Worldwide, some 830 million people live i...

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Housing Improvement Loan Product in Afghanistan

The document is based on the housing loan initiative aims by First Microfinance Bank Afghanistan (FMFB-A), its urban housing microfinance portfolio while developing, piloting, and rolling out housing microfinan...

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Experiences of Young Afghans Returning “Home” From Pakistan and Iran

This is a report on refugees from Afghanistan returning to their homeland from Pakistan and Iran after two decades of protracted wars. The report synthesizes the findings of case studies conducted in three coun...

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Afghanistan – Country Profile for Afghanistan-Doing Business 2009

This document is based on doing business reports prepared under the auspices of the World Bank. Doing Business 2009 is the sixth in a series of annual reports investigating regulations that enhance business act...

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Afghanistan – Housing Sector Assessment

This report is a result of research conducted on the housing finance sector in Afghanistan in June-August, 2013, by Enclude (formerly ShoreBank International Ltd., SBI). The purpose of the report is to provide ...

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Housing Microfinance Loan Product

This document of The First Microfinance Bank (FMFB) has determined social lending will be a focus in the near term; this will consist of loans for housing, health, and education. The initial product planned wil...

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Global: Expanding Microfinance for Housing

This document is a brief description of microfinance for housing, the institutions involved, typical loan products, the constraints on its expansion to a more meaningful scale, and the greater role it might pot...

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Afghanistan Article Free Pass Housing

339053 PDF document A 2-page document giving description of Afghanistan’s housing, education and cultural life.   Note: The attached file is not opening

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South Asia – An Overview of Four South Asian Financial Systems (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan)

The PDF document by Zaigham Mahmood Rizvi is a Financial System overview of four countries, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan with reference to housing finance markets and challenges in the housing s...

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Thailand: The Rental Housing Market

This document is based on the rental housing market in Thailand and in Bangkok, in particular, is multifaceted. It serves many groups with different products and several sources of financing. Some experts have ...

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Thailand: Macroeconomic Instability and Housing Finance

The document reviews the macroeconomic instability in Thailand and its effects on the housing market and housing finance. The oversupply of housing, ignoring warning signs, roles played by the government, and s...

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Thailand: Housing Finance Market

This presentation gives statistical and graphical information about the Thai housing market, housing finance, and much information about the Government Housing Bank of Thailand.

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Thailand: Affordable Housing Policies and Programs

This presentation is based on affordable housing policies and programs of Thailand, prepared by the Government Housing Bank (GHB).