"Land Development, Urban Policy and Poverty Reduction" 

Papers and Presentations*

• Dr. Ermínia Maricato, Executive Secretary, Ministry of Cities
• Glauco Antônio Truzzi Arbix, President, IPEA
• Vinod Thomas, Brazil Country Director, World Bank
• Aser Cortines, Vice-Presidente, Caixa Econômica Federal
• Eleotério Codato, Sector Manager, Urban Development, World Bank

• Dr. Ermínia Maricato, Executive Secretary, Ministry of Cities
• Sir Peter Hall, Professor of Planning at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London

Urban Growth and Spatial Transformation in an Urban World

• Paulo Coelho Avila, “Interpretation of Population Density Gradients: A Brazilian Perspective” (presentation)
• Kala Sridhar, “Cities with Suburbs: Evidence from India” (presentation)
• Weiping Wu, “Migrant Settlement and Spatial Transformation In Urban China: The Case of Shanghai” (presentation)
• Adriana Fausto Brito, “Equitable Urban Development in Mexican Cities” (presentation)

Urbanization, Land Policy, and Urban Form

• Maria Mercedes Maldonado, “Operación Urbanística Nuevo Usme” (presentation)
• Ayman Elhefnawi, "Protecting agricultural land from urbanization" (Egypt) (presentation)
• Edward Leman, “Metropolitan Regions: New Challenges for an Urbanizing China” (presentation)

• Sarah Feldman, "Non-metropolitan Brazilian Cities Growth: The Legal Lot Industry in Franca - SP" 
• Eduardo Moreno, "Building a Global Monitoring System on Secure Tenure: Challenges and Opportunities"  (presentation)
• Manya Mooya, “Property Rights, Land Markets, and Poverty in Namibia's Extra-Legal Settlements: An Institutional Approach” (presentation)
• Pedro Abramo, “Mercado De Solo Informal Em Favelas E A Mobilidade Residencial Dos Pobres Nas Grandes Metropolis” (presentation)

• Robert Buckley, “Strategizing Slum Improvement in India: A Method to Monitor and Refocus Slum Development Programs”
• Cecelia Zanetta, “Seeking Better Policies or Just Giving Up Responsibility: The Decentralization of the Argentina's National Housing Fund (FONAVI)” (presentation)
• John Betancur, “Approaches to the Regularization of Informal Settlements: The Case of PRIMED in Medellín, Colombia” (presentation)
• Maria Borba, “A Subsidy Policy to Promote Affordable Housing and Wholesome Human Settlements for the Poor” (presentation)

Trends in Urban Growth in Developing Countries

• Manuel Perlo, “Recent Trends in Urban Growth and Demand for Land in Mexico City” (presentation)
• Anamaria Martins, “Facing Urban Redevelopment in Developing Countries” (presentation)
• Murtaza Haider, “Spatially Disaggregate Analysis of Housing Quality, Urban Services, and Socio-demographics in South Asia: A Case Study of Rawalpindi, Pakistan” (presentation)
• Ratchapan Choiejit, “Urban Growth and the Commuting Patterns of the Poor in Bangkok” (presentation)

Land Policies and Access to Urban Land and Housing by the Poor

• Ramin Keivani, “Enabling Housing Markets or Increasing Low Income Access to Urban Land: Lessons from Iran” (presentation)
• Carol Rakodi, “Land for Housing in African Cities: Are Informal Delivery Systems Institutionally Robust and Pro-poor?” (presentation)
• Edésio Fernandes, “Principles, Bases and Challenges of the National Programme to Support Sustainable Urban Land Regularisation in Brazil“ (presentation)
• Tasneem Siddiqui, “Incremental Housing Development Scheme in Pakistan” (presentation)

Land and Housing Markets: Eviction, Housing Needs, and Social Inclusion

• Alain Durand-Lasserve, “Dealing with Market Eviction Processes in the Context of Developing Cities“ (presentation)
• William O’Dell, “Affordable Housing Needs Assessment Methodology: The Adaptation of the Florida Model to Brazil” (presentation)
• Claudio Acioly, “Process Mapping: Disclosing Actors and Citizen Participation in Recife" (presentation)
• Maria Cavalcanti, “Projeto MERCADO IMOBILIÁRIO INFORMAL: a inclusão social do morador dos loteamentos clandestinos e irregulares“ (presentation)

Land and Housing Financing in Latin America: Impact on Poverty

• Daphne Frank, “A Market-Based Housing Improvement System for Low-Income Families: The Housing Incentive System (SIV) in Ecuador“ (presentation)
• David Vetter, “The Role of Private Subnational Credit Markets in Making Land Development More Affordable“ (presentation)
• Markus Rühling, “Institutional Constraints on Property Tax and Semi-Autonomous Municipal Tax Agencies in Peru“ (presentation)
• Carlos Morales-Schechinger, “Inequidad Urbana y Politica Fiscal de Suelo en America Latina“ (presentation)

Urban Growth and Transport: Infrastructure, Investment, Externalities, and Policy

• Amal Kumarage, “Impact of Transport Infrastructure & Services on Urban Poverty and Land Development: A Case Study - Colombo, Sri Lanka“ (presentation)
• Daniel Graham, “Transport Investment, Agglomeration and Urban Productivity“ (presentation)
• Ieda Maria de Oliveira Lima, “Controle das externalidades negativas do transporte e trânsito por meio da gestão do crescimento urbano“ (presentation)
• Carlos Betancourth, “Política Urbana Integral: El caso de países de ingresos medios (Colombia-LA)“ (presentation)

Urban Policies: Fiscal and Financial Aspects

• Maria Cristina MacDowell, “Financiamento Municipal e Urbano no Brazil – uma abordagem analitica (presentation)
• David Dowall, “Urban Land Markets and Urban Land Development: An Examination of 3 Brazilian Cities“ (presentation)
• Luís Fernando Massonetto, “Potencialidades extra-fiscais do imposto sobre a propriedade“ (presentation)
• Janice Perlman, “The Myth of Marginality Revisited”

Land and Housing Markets Relationship with Environment, State Institutions, and Disaster Management

• Haroldo Torres, “São Paulo Peri-Urban Dynamics: Some Social Causes and Environmental Consequences“ (presentation)
• Jieming Zhu, “Commons and Anticommons: Role of the State in the Housing Market“ (presentation)
• Glenn Pearce-Oroz, “Limits to Large-Scale Reconstruction: Constraints on Land Development for the Poor in an Inadequately Functioning Land Market with Unenforced Regulations“ (presentation)
• Jelena Pantelic, “Post Modern Urbanization and the Vulnerability of the Poor“ (presentation)

Urban Development and Poverty in Latin America

• Sonoe Sugahara, “Infra-Estrutura dos Domicílios Brasileiros: Uma Análise para o Período 1981-2002“ (presentation)
• Benjamin Reif, “The Promotion of Large-scale Developed Land in Venezuela“ (presentation)
• Marianne Fay, “The Urban Poor in Latin America“ (presentation)
• Maria da Piedade Morais, “Residential Segregation and Social Exclusion in Brazilian Housing Markets“ (presentation)

Urban Expansion, Residential Segregation and Informal Settlements Metamorphosis

• Remy Sietchiping, “Prospective Slum Policies: Conceptualisation and Implementation of a Proposed Informal Settlement Growth Model“ (presentation)
• Suzana Pasternak, “A Favela que Virou Cidade“ (presentation)
• Martha Schteingaart, “Urban Expansion, Land Development and Poverty in Mexico“  (presentation)

Urban Growth and Public Expenditures on Municipalities

• Cynthia Goytia, “Private Residential Investment Growth: Implications on Municipal Revenues and Socio-Economic Indicators (The case of the municipality of Pilar)” (presentation)
• Somik Lall, “Examining the Growth of Brazilian Cities: Public Expenditures, Institutions, and Natural Advantage“ (presentation)
• Alex Abiko, “Basic Costs of Slum Upgrading in Brazil”  (presentation)

Urban Development Externalities: Analysis and Planning

• Salvador Mendoza, “La inseguridad urbana, campo de investigación para la economia“ (presentation)
• Gilles Spielvogel, “Spatial Externalities between Brazilian Municipios and their Neighbours“ (presentation)
• Rosendo Pujol, “In San Jose, Costa Rica, Effective Metropolitan Planning and Selective Infrastructure Investment can Improve the Quality of Life for the Poor“ (presentation)

Housing Policies: How do they impact the standard of living of the poor

• Ciro Biderman, “Economic Impacts of Sao Paulo Downtown Rehabilitation“  (presentation)
• Belinda Yuen, “Squatters No More: Singapore Social Housing“  (presentation)
• Carolina Fonseca, “The Challenges of State-Municipality Partnerships in Self-Help Housing Programs: Assessment of a Large-Scale Intervention in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil“ (presentation)
• Rasmus Precht, “Informal Settlement Upgrading and Low-income Rental Housing in East Africa“ (presentation)

Special Session - Urban Research: The State-of-the-Art

• David Dowall, University of California, Berkeley
• Martim Smolka, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
• Marianne Fay, World Bank

Closing Plenary

• Jorge Mattoso, Presidente, Caixa Econômica Federal
• Maryvonne Plessis-Fraissard, Transport and Urban Development, Director, World Bank

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