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Housing development in Latin America and the Caribean, its measuring and its determinants

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  • Garcia, Fernando
  • Souza, Rogério César de
  • Castelo, Ana Maria

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This text briejly describes the Housing Development lndex (HDI). Following a concise introduction on the reasons for this research, HDI's methodology, characteristics, properties and databases supporting its calculation are discussed. Next, the third part presents, analyzes and compares the HDI's figures for Brazil and some other Latin American countries. The part that follows shows HDI figures for all states in Brazil and points out the regional differences and the indicator 's recent growth. Then, this paper analyses the injluence of some social and economic variables on the HDI and, finally, it makes some considerations on HDI.

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  • Garcia, Fernando & Souza, Rogério César de & Castelo, Ana Maria, 1999. "Housing development in Latin America and the Caribean, its measuring and its determinants," Textos para discussão 82, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil).
    • Handle: RePEc:fgv:eesptd:82
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