Informal Sector in Housing and Urban Development: A Review and a Road Map

摘要

The report examines several issues related to informal sector housing delivery, including finance, land and land tenure, infrastructure, production and construction materials, environmental impact, institutional capacity and regulation, and gender impact. The report then provides descriptive analyses of the housing delivery process in both the formal and informal sectors and explores policy and program strategies for dealing with the informal sector, with emphasis on factors of importance to the Agency for International Development's (A.I.D.'s) Office of Housing and Urban Development. These include: linkages between the informal sector and other economic policies; conflicts between national informal sector policies and local practices; local government revenue generation and institutional capacity; the political force of the informal sector; land tenure; spatial development and physical environment; and the role of nontraditional shelter delivery organizations. A final section presents guidelines for informal sector research and program activities by A.I.D.'s Regional Housing and Urban Development Offices.