Finance & Development, March 1975

This paper reviews the self-help housing project in El Salvador. The paper highlights that projects like this one become community efforts in a real sense. The families participate in road building, construction, digging trenches, and pipe-laying, under supervision. The Fundación Salvadoreña de Desa...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund External Relations Dept
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 1975
Series:Finance & Development
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This paper reviews the self-help housing project in El Salvador. The paper highlights that projects like this one become community efforts in a real sense. The families participate in road building, construction, digging trenches, and pipe-laying, under supervision. The Fundación Salvadoreña de Desarrollo y Vivienda Mi'nima (FSVM) is the executing agency in this self-help project involving a US$6 million International Development Association (IDA) credit and a US$2.5 million loan from the World Bank to the government of El Salvador. The FSVM has already completed about 1,020 fully serviced lots for families with monthly incomes below US$120
Physical Description:56 pages
ISBN:9781616353209