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Housing Policies in Africa and Brazil: The role of PPPs for low-income housing

27
April 2017
Marcus Vinicius de Freitas

This podcast is performed by Mr. Marcus Vinicius de Freitas. The purpose of this Podcast is to discuss how to deal with decreasing government funds for public housing through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), to address the challenges of public housing needs, and how governmental programs may at times crowd out private interest in public housing, through PPPs.

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