Handshake, No. 4 (January 2012) | Land Portal

Resource information

Date of publication: 
July 2015
Resource Language: 
ISBN / Resource ID: 
oai:openknowledge.worldbank.org:10986/22254
Copyright details: 
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO

This issue includes the following
headings: mass rapid transit: a tool for urban expansion;
financing: beyond sovereign guarantees; and low-income
housing: lessons from Latin America.

Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Oliveira, Tanya Scobie

Publisher(s): 

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