Social Housing Policies in Latin America and Singapore: Lessons for China

Roger Sandilands

No 1132, Working Papers from University of Strathclyde Business School, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper addresses the challenges facing China in accelerating the pace of rural-urban migration as part of its on-going economic development programme. It explains the push and pull influences on migration and in particular explains why a continuing focus on urbanisation is justified by the very large gap between rural and urban incomes and the relatively higher income elasticity of demand for urban-based goods and services. The provision of affordable housing is an integral part of this structural shift programme. The paper thus considers the most appropriate ways in which housing finance can be mobilised, and thence how both the quality and the affordability of the housing stock can be increased. Positive and negative lessons for China are offered from the different urbanisation experiences of Latin America (especially Colombia) and Singapore.

Keywords: China; Colombia; Singapore; rural-urban migration; housing finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O16 O18 O57 R31 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2011-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-mig, nep-sea and nep-ure
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