The role of women special reference self-help groups in urban development with to housing development:
Abstract
The call for an enabling role by Government to meet shelter
needs has its origins in a number of factors. First, the
resource constraints with whi.chmost Governments of developing
countries are faced with make it difficult for them to
implement housing programmes for the poor on the scale
r e qu i. r·ed . Seeondly, t.he administrative resources 0f most
Governments are so limited that they cannot cope with large
numbers of (especially small) projects. At the same time,
current; legislation and administrative procedures make it
impossible for the poor to take shelter provision into their
ownhands in a recognised way. Building codes and regulations
prohibit the types of structures that the poor can build and
afford. It is almost impossible to obtain support from
financial institutions for community initiative projects that
are not r-ecognised..by Government. Land markets place "legal"
servi.cecisites beyond the financial reach of the poor.
The thinking behind enabling policies is that resources of the
ponr could represent a major contribution towards the
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rovernent. of human settlements conditions, if" 0ffie LI.i "
policies can be a eveloped in such a way that they promote the
involvement of the poor in their own development.
Citation
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of masters of Arts (Planning) in t.h e Department of Urban and Regio~Rl Planning, University of Nairobi.Publisher
Arts Economics, University of Nairobi