Analysis of urban slum infrastructure projects financing in Ghana: A closer look at traditional and innovative financing mechanisms

Asumadu, George; Quaigrain, Rhoda Ansah; Owusu‐Manu, De‐Graft; Edwards, David John; Oduro-Ofori, Eric; Dapaah, SO

doi:10.1016/j.wdp.2023.100505

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“…Publications that consider the development dimension sorted out that the popular housing factor is the principal concern of the public managers of large urban centers, confirming the change in the profile of the population and the disorganized growth between rural and urban regions [38][39][40]43]. Such an issue could culminate in several problems that could influence other areas objects of public policies such as health, transport, security, and leisure [44,45,71,74,75].…”

Section: Dimensions and Themes Of Research In Affordable Housingmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…Upon analyzing the literature, it can be realized that a large number of publications are focusing on construction projects that try to implement improvements in the standards of low-income housing, especially those located in slum settlements. These settlements are the core of the discussion in many articles and their replacement by standards with higher performance is the engine of public policies at the housing level [33,[39][40][41]54,55,65,68,71]. Another topic of great relevance is the real estate market, with its financial impact among the stakeholders.…”

Section: Dimensions and Themes Of Research In Affordable Housingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, some publications in the literature discussed how public policies fail to fulfill their philosophical and sustainable goals, often replicating retrograde processes of a traditional capitalist policy without well-defined strategies. Moreover, local urban development is needed to accompany the implementation of affordable housing toward enhancing the living conditions in such communities [39]. The main shortcomings identified in the current literature are as follows:…”

Section: Dimensions and Themes Of Research In Affordable Housingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainable Affordable Housing: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives

Silva,

Najjar,

da Costa

et al. 2024

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Nowadays, there are many studies with a significant focus on affordable housing. The relevance of this theme, which is usually the central object of public housing policies, requires an updated review of the problems and challenges to be overcome, especially in terms of sustainability, in favor of an improvement in the quality of products delivered to beneficiaries. This research concentrates on applying the sustainability concept to affordable housing, emphasizing technical, social, and governance aspects. A novel classification framework is introduced, encompassing these aspects in the context of sustainability integrated with affordable housing. A systematic literature review is conducted and more than 100 articles are examined based on bibliometric and bibliographic analyses to highlight the main dimensions and topics involved in the housing public policy sphere. The study has been elaborated based on collecting relevant materials, building a descriptive analysis of the literature examined, highlighting the classification structure that categorizes the studies examined, and evaluating the material identified based on the classification structure. The outcomes aim to spotlight the diverse dimensions of sustainable affordable housing and associated research themes. Furthermore, the research outlines deficiencies in current approaches and outlines a future research agenda for implementing sustainability in affordable housing. It establishes a strong connection between technical, social, and governance aspects of affordable housing and sustainability, considering anticipated approaches, techniques, and challenges.

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Section: Dimensions and Themes Of Research In Affordable Housingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dimensions and Themes Of Research In Affordable Housingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainable Affordable Housing: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives

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“…Innovative behavior refers to changes in a company's R&D investment and efficiency, while factor allocation optimization behavior refers to activities such as capital renewal, asset restructuring, and strategic decision-making, all of which can create a favorable external environment for innovation [67]. In fact, both innovative behavior and factor allocation optimization behavior are essentially composed of enterprise investment and management activities, with the efficiency of these activities relying on financing [68]. If GFP provides financing convenience for green enterprises while simultaneously raising the financing cost of polluting enterprises, it means that GFP will be beneficial to the innovation behavior and factor allocation optimization behavior of green enterprises, while suppressing the aforementioned behaviors of polluting enterprises [69].…”

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“…These empirical results support Hypothesis H2. As previously mentioned, both innovative behavior and factor allocation optimization behavior are essentially composed of enterprise investment and management activities, with the efficiency of these activities relying on financing [68]. When GFP is implemented, green enterprises exhibit an increased willingness to engage in two types of behavior as their financial resources grow [82].…”

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The Polarization Effect and Mechanism of China’s Green Finance Policy on Green Technology Innovation

Zhang

Dong

2023

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The advancement of green technology innovation (GTI) is crucial for facilitating green development. China, the largest carbon-emitting economy, should prioritize the acceleration of GTI to augment global green economic growth and reduce carbon emissions. Green finance policy (GFP) is a common instrument for encouraging enterprises to develop GTI. This study, therefore, takes the pilot policy of China’s Green Finance Reform and Innovation Pilot Zone as a “quasi-natural experiment” and uses the difference-in-differences method to explore the impact and mechanism of GFP on Chinese enterprises’ GTI. Based on the empirical analysis using microdata from Chinese industrial enterprises from 2015 to 2021, the following conclusions can be drawn. First, GFP has a green innovation polarization effect. It facilitates the development of GTI in green enterprises while hindering the progress of GTI in polluting enterprises. Second, GFP enhances the GTI of green enterprises by promoting innovative behaviors and factor allocation optimization behaviors. However, GFP reduces the GTI of pollution enterprises by promoting non-innovative investments and reducing the efficiency of factor allocation optimization. Third, the combination of policies utilizing GFP, environmental subsidy, and R&D subsidy can effectively increase the GTI of polluting enterprises without compromising the GTI of green enterprises. This study offers empirical evidence and policy recommendations for establishing a green finance system in developing countries.

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