An Evaluation of British Housing Aid provided by The Ministry of Overseas Development
| Author | Roy T Gilbert |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1002/j.1099-162X.1980.tb01057.x |
| Published date | 01 April 1980 |
| Date | 01 April 1980 |
An Evaluation
of
British HousingAid
provided by
The Ministry
of
Overseas
Development
•
ROY
T
GILBERT*
Introduction
When
this studywascommissioned, the terms of reference called for special attention to be
given to site
and
service schemes and housing for low-income groups. Accordingly, half of
the
present report is specifically devoted to these aspects of housing while the emphasis
throughout
is
upon
projects aimed at the low income sector of the populations in
developing countries.
Attentions must be drawn to the fact that this report is the outcome of a desk-study of
Ministry
of
Overseas Development (ODM) filesand othersecondary sources of information,
so
that
is does not allow precise conclusions to be drawn about particular projects.
The
aim
of
this
study
has, therefore, been to undertake a review of ODM housing aid as a whole since
1968
and
to draw some general conclusions which provide a basis and a context for more
detailed examination.
Thus,
Section
One,
presents an overall picture of aid for housing from 1968 to the present,
while Section Two attempts to identify the type of projects that lie behind the aggregate
figures.
The
last two Sections look specifically at site and service schemes and housing
projects for low income groups respectively, and examine ODM'S performance in financing
these kinds
of
project. Finally, the conclusions
ofthe
study are brought together at the end
of
the
report where specific recommendations are made which it is hoped will enable ODM
to give more help for the poorest in the form of housing.
ODM HousingAid Since
1968
During
the
last decade, something of the order of £60 millions' has been spent on a wide
range of housing projects in many countries. Indeed, the diversity of projects which will be
examined in the next Section, reflects the fact that this sum comprises a heterogeneous
collection
of
individual projects rather than a housing programme as such. This somewhat
*RoyGilbert is an independent Consultantin
Economics
and Planning
whose
clients
have
included
HM Government, OAS, OECD and
The
African Development Bank. He held previous
appointments with ECLA, OECD, ODM.
IIn current prices.
Allowing
for inflationover the periodsince
1968
would
leadto a
figure
of
abOUT
£125
millionsin
1977
prices.
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