Financing for development and middle income-countries: new challenges

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Asset accumulation by the middle class and the poor in Latin America: political economy and governance dimensions

Includes bibliography

The middle class and the development process

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Reassessing social policies in Latin America: growth, middle classes and social rights

Includes bibliography

The growing and changing middle class in Latin America: an update

Includes bibliography

Chile's new middle classes: a cohort analysis

Includes bibliography

Income polarization, the middle class and informal employment in Greater Buenos Aires, 1974-2010

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Middle-income countries: a structural gap approach

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Asentamientos humanos intermedios en las estrategias de organización territorial en América Latina y el Caribe = Middle-rank human settlements in territorial organization strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Social modernization, economic development and the size of the middle class

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Latin America and the middle-income trap

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Financing for development in Latin America and the Caribbean: A strategic analysis from a middle-income country perspective

This document was prepared for the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Consultation on Financing for Development, held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, on 12 and 13 March 2015, in preparation for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa, July 2015).

Paraguay: a housing finance proposal for middle- to low-income groups

The construction and ownership of homes is fundamental to economic development, the generation of wealth and the formation of the middle class. Although a number of studies have been conducted and programmes implemented in recent decades, there remains a significant housing deficit in Paraguay and Latin America, indicating that such programmes have been unsuccessful. For families unable to document a steady income, the main obstacle to homeownership is often financing. This paper aims to demonstrate the economic and financial feasibility —provided there is sufficient political will and coordination between public and private entities— of a project to build 75,000 homes for 300,000 people (4.5% of the Paraguayan population) with middle to low incomes. The median household income in this segment, for which there is a significant shortage of decent housing, is US$ 396.50. A maximum of US$ 63.44 per month may be set aside for housing costs.