Housing Finance in Emerging Markets

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This program combines the operational and policy expertise of the World Bank’s Housing Finance Group and the Housing Group of the International Finance Corporation, with the active participation of many practitioners from developed and emerging markets, representing both the public and private sectors.

It is well known that housing represents a key engine of economic growth and is a major component of household wealth.  Housing finance, therefore, lies at the intersection of three areas of priority for many emerging economies: (i) a strengthened and more accessible financial sector; (ii) an expanding housing market, and (iii) an essential part of any urban shelter strategy for the poor.

As cities are built the way they are financed, any comprehensive housing policy requires a developed and resilient housing finance system, tailored to each country's environment. Opportunities arise with the evolution of the financial sector, and housing demand remains strong within an overall urbanizing world. New risk management, funding tools, and policy instruments are developed to expand sound and more accessible housing finance markets. The past few years have witnessed further growth and changes in housing finance markets, both at the national and global levels. Policymakers, regulators, financiers, and investors recognize the increasing importance of housing investment, and the specificities and risks of long-term housing finance systems.

Three years after the first successful edition, the World Bank Group is organizing its second global conference on Housing Finance in Emerging Markets.

Conference Organizer:
Loic Chiquier
Leader, Housing Finance Group
World Bank
lchiquier@worldbank.org 

For questions concerning this course, please contact:
Ms. Colleen Mascenik
Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department
World Bank
1818 H Street, N.W., MSN MC9-904
Washington, DC 20433 USA
Email: cmascenik@worldbank.org
Tel: +1 202-473-7734
Fax: +1 202-522-7105