With the housing sector accounting for 10 of GDP and investment in real estate development accounting for 25 of total fixed investment, any decision to rein in runaway housing prices will be difficult.

The situation had deteriorated particularly in social investment, especially in education, nutrition, health and housing.

An investment in health, education and housing is profitable not only socially but economically.

The second was investment in buildings, once again centered in the US, driven by the housing boom.

Most people still believe that housing is a great long term investment.

Nor, therefore, is their interest in housing as a major speculative investment asset likely to change.

Investment in health, education and housing is highly profitable, not only in social terms but especially in economic terms.

In 2003, the Government of Canada announced an investment of an additional 320 million for affordable housing.

In this phase, the total investment in affordable housing in Nova Scotia will reach 56.18 million by 2008 and will be used to create new rental housing and homeownership options, and to rehabilitate or convert aging housing stock.

Improving the situation of women in urban areas required investment in education, training, job generation programmes, health care and housing.

Property or capital gains taxes could help curb demand for housing as an investment vehicle. In addition, a comprehensive nationwide housing policy is urgently needed to ensure that housing remains affordable, particularly for those on limited incomes.

Property or capital gains taxes could help curb demand for housing as an investment vehicle.

58. In Cambodia, a human settlements sector review has been undertaken to provide a framework for future investment in housing and infrastructure.

But in fact, it is probably more accurate to think of the ups and downs of the world s housing markets as a reflection of the change in our thinking about housing as an investment.

In Spain and Ireland, a housing boom exacerbated external imbalances by reducing national saving, pumping up consumption, and boosting residential investment.

55. Work in progress consists of construction of UNDP office and housing accommodations under either the investment or government loan modalities.

In any country, the current account balance is the difference between national saving and national investment in plant and equipment, housing, and inventories.

Fourth, increased investment in the country s social safety net includes not only universal health and social insurance, but also expanded housing subsidies.

In the last boom, construction jobs expanded significantly, with investment in housing as a share of GDP increasing by 50 from 1997 to 2006.

(38) Reduction of barriers to investment in housing construction in the area of the former GDR, for cases in which ownership questions have not been settled

These include channelling remittances to finance investment projects in the migrants' communities of origin and organizing remittance backed housing purchases by recipient families.

It was pointed out that remittances were spent for both consumption and investment such as education and housing purposes.

(37) Acceleration of authorisation procedures by means of the investment facilitation and housing construction site act (Investitionserleichterungs und Wohnbaulandgesetz)

Indeed, for China, the current annualized growth rate of 37 in housing investment is very negative. Ideally, it would slow to, say, 27 this year!

Recalling the commitments of Governments to, inter alia, promoting broad access to appropriate housing financing, increasing the supply of affordable housing and creating an enabling environment for sustainable development that will attract investment,

Such a low national saving rate would not be sufficient to finance the level of new investment in plant, equipment, and housing that the country needs.

That would mean that the US would continue to need substantial inflows of foreign capital to fund business investment and housing construction.

The advent of the new subprogramme has resulted in the expansion of local actors to include retail banks, cooperative savings associations, housing microfinance institutions, as well as ministries of finance and in the expansion of substantive inputs to include investment, housing and project finance.

The main contents of the new policy are to provide land to those intending to build houses, to open the housing market to private investment, to encourage and support housing cooperatives, to sell nationalized houses, and to pay compensation in appropriate cases.

Lower interest rates worked, but not so much because they boosted investment, but because they led households to refinance their mortgages, and fueled a bubble in housing prices.

An investment in youth is an investment in the future.

Investment in the democratization process is an investment in peace.

Such thinking may be playing a part in the recent rebound of home prices. But in fact, it is probably more accurate to think of the ups and downs of the world s housing markets as a reflection of the change in our thinking about housing as an investment.

(a) The personal income channel. Employment generating growth presupposes a labour intensive growth path, with the emphasis on public works programmes and investment in infrastructure, including public housing schemes.

The total amount of loan commitments reflected in schedule 7 relates to loan and investment agreements signed with the respective Governments for construction of offices and housing, as well as funds for the Household Appliances Rental Scheme and the repair and rehabilitation of housing.

Inadequate housing in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Recent work has tended to stress the developmental dimension of remittance flows, highlighting its role in developing human capital through education and, to a lesser extent, physical investment in farms or housing.

96. Maldives has undertaken a special study of the effective housing demand and construction capacity as part of investment oriented development plans for selected islands.

CMHC's housing finance mandate is to promote housing affordability and choice and to contribute to the well being of the housing sector in the national economy.

In keeping with our housing policy, free housing is also provided for poor families on social security.

Housing for the Poor in Developing Countries

The South South cooperation programme under the aegis of UNIDO and partners includes India (low cost housing), Malaysia (technology and investment), Japan and the Commonwealth Secretariat (triangular cooperation in both cases).

CMHC's electronic database for assessing housing conditions shows that, in 2001, there were 1.7 million households in core housing need.

Assisted housing

Housing legislation