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Housing Microfinance

Housing Microfinance is a financial mechanism that provides small-scale, affordable credit and savings services specifically tailored to low-income households for housing improvement, construction, or incremental building, distinguishing it from conventional housing finance by targeting underserved populations excluded from formal banking systems.

25

Publications

776

Citations

41

Authors

28

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

7

Parents

Publications

25

The Financialization of Housing in Capitalism’s Peripheries

Manuel B. Aalbers, Raquel Rolnik, Marieke Krijnen · Housing Policy Debate · 2020 · 71 citations · Full text

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Micro-finance of housing: a key to housing the low or moderate-income majority?

Bruce K. Ferguson · Environment and Urbanization · 1999 · 53 citations · Full text

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Small is beautiful, but big is often the practice: Housing microfinance in discussion

Peer Smets · Habitat International · 2005 · 52 citations

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E-Finance in Emerging Markets: Is Leapfrogging Possible?

C.A.M.F. Claessens, Thomas Glaessner, Daniela Klingebiel · UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) · 2001 · 50 citations

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Reconceptualizing housing finance in informal settlements: the case of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Shaaban Sheuya · Environment and Urbanization · 2007 · 44 citations

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Authors

41

  1. MG
    Monika Grubbauer

    HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany

    3 publications · 68 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. BK
    Bruce K. Ferguson

    University of Georgia, United States

    3 publications · 118 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. FK
    Francis Kwesi Bondinuba

    Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 33 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. TG
    Thomas Glaessner

    World Bank, United States

    2 publications · 86 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. DK
    Daniela Klingebiel

    World Bank, United States

    2 publications · 86 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

28

  1. HafenCity University Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    68 citations

  2. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  3. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  4. University of Agder

    Kristiansand, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  5. Institute of Development Studies

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  6. International Institute for Environment and Development

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  7. University of Dar es Salaam

    Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    44 citations

  8. Bank for International Settlements

    Basel, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

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Venues

  1. Environment and Urbanization

    5 publications · 187 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. International Journal of Housing Policy

    3 publications · 61 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. Habitat International

    2 publications · 70 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Enterprise Development and Microfinance

    EDM · 2 publications · 54 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. 1

    h-index

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