EGYPT
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2005, September, Cairo
Egypt Financial Service project, USAID
Activities: Program evaluation and review, program design, presentation
As a subcontractor to Chemonics on a USAID-financed Egypt Financial Services project (EFS), David Smith made two week-long trips to Cairo, the first (July, 2005) to interview stakeholders in housing finance, the second to present a strategic plan for the Egyptian Guarantee and Subsidy Fund (GSF), a parastatal established by the Egyptian government in 2001. Housing finance is a critical need in Egypt, with its vast and rapidly increasing urban population. Solving blockages that exist in title registration, delivery of long-term mortgage instruments, and closing the affordability gap for low and moderate-income Egyptians are national priorities that the EFS project is tackling. The GSF can and should play a major role in facilitating the growth of affordable housing in Egypt. Its board is now considering AHI's and EFS's recommendations.
Details at Egypt/GSF and Egypt Production.
Blog posts
Enforcement: The Chad pipeline 2
The Egyptian Center for Housing Rights (ECHR)
A non governmental organization specialized in claming for, and defending the right to adequate housing, particularly for the weakest strata of the society.
Egyptian Mortgage Refinance Company (EMRC)
Specialized financial wholesale institution that provides funds refinancing to primary mortgage lenders.
Housing & Building National Research Center (HBNRC)
An independent governmental research establishment working under the supervision of the Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development. Based in Cairo.
Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development (HUUC)
Concerned with comprehensive development, including urban, communal and economic.
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