Shelter, housing, land management and construction

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Opportunities for the Majority: Bank initiative that promotes and finances private sector business models

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The Opportunities for the Majority (OMJ) Initiative promotes and finances market-based, sustainable business models that engage private sector companies, local governments and communities in the development and delivery of quality products and services for the majority of the population of Latin...

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CEMEX mobilizes public and private resources to pave streets in Mexico

2012-01-28_1403

CEMEX, a multinational cement company based in Mexico, has devised a plan to mobilise both public and private resources to pave streets in low-income neighbourhoods.

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Vision Banco partners with Habitat to provide low-income housing in Paraguay

2012-01-28_1413

Thousands of low income Paraguayans will be able to make home improvements with credits provided by a Vision Banco-Habitat partnership.

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Public-Private Partnership for Low - Cost Housing Investments

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Thousands of Salvadorans with no credit history can access loans now to make home improvements and expand their home businesses. El Salvador has developed a unique and sustainable financial business model that enables low-income consumers to improve and expand their homes by mobilizing...

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Venture capital for low-income markets in Latin America and the Caribbean

2012-01-28_1622

Investing in housing, healthcare, education, basic utilities and nutrition can not only fulfill a social mission, but it can also be a profitable business venture.

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Support rural development in Pakistan

Aas foundation

The AAS Foundation is a NGO in Pakistan. The Foundation implements an innovative integrated rural development model with programmes based on the belief that local people are best suited to shape and sustain their own development. Please learn more about us and our projects in the Institutional...

Integrated Developmental Education Activate Society [IDEAS]

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Integrated Developmental Education Activate Society (IDEAS) is a non-governmental organisation based in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. IDEAS provides emergency relief projects and rehabilitation to tsunami-hit women through income generation activity like fish pickle making programmes.

Murera AIDS Prevention and Support Group

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Murera AIDS Prevention and Support Group focuses mostly on education, prevention and the support of those affected/infected by the disease, creating a sound and pro-active atmosphere which aims at helping the community in understanding those people who have been infected by HIV/aids. At the same...

ChildLine Cameroon

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ChildLine Cameroon operates a children’s network to facilitate support to abused children; facilitates children's access to social services; partners with locally-based telecommunication companies to ensure children’s access to the telephone infrastructures; manages a national database for...

Action Center for Working Youth of Almaty

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The centre works in the sphere of housing reform, focusing specifically on youth. It provides legal consultations for low-income young people and helps them to buy or sell apartments. The group is working to establish an information network on housing for youth in Almaty.