Developing countries will soon be facing their own sub-prime economic crises unless they stop pushing western-style property ownership onto slum-dwellers, according to the latest issue (161 DP3) of the ICE Urban Design and Planning journal. UK housing and urban development consultant Geoffrey Payne says in an article: "Despite the lack of empirical evidence to justify the promotion of home ownership through land-titling programmes, the US government and agencies such as the World Bank continue to invest vast sums in promoting land-titling programmes." He says the policies are forcing the one billion people who currently live for free in urban slums in Asia, Africa and Latin America either to move out of town to areas where land is cheaper, or to borrow more than they can afford to stay put. And those who move out to rural areas often find themselves isolated and unable to make a living. "This has led to distress sales as households seek to return to better locations, even at the price of reduced security," he says.
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机译：根据《 ICE城市设计与规划》（ICE Urban Design and Planning）杂志的最新一期（161 DP3），除非发展中国家停止将西方式的财产所有权推给贫民窟居民，否则他们将很快面临自己的次贷危机。英国住房和城市发展顾问杰弗里·佩恩（Geoffrey Payne）在一篇文章中说：“尽管缺乏经验证据来证明通过土地所有权计划促进住房所有权的合理性，但美国政府和世界银行等机构仍继续投入大量资金来促进土地所有权计划。”他说，这些政策正迫使目前在亚洲，非洲和拉丁美洲的城市贫民窟中免费生活的十亿人离开城镇，搬到土地价格更便宜的地区，或者借入超出其承受能力的更多住房。那些搬到农村地区的人常常发现自己与世隔绝，无法谋生。他说：“这导致销售陷入困境，因为家庭寻求返回更好的地点，即使是以降低安全性为代价。”
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