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Introducing the Adequate Housing Index (AHI) : A New Approach to Estimate the Adequate HousingDeficit within and across Emerging Economies

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  • Behr,Daniela Monika
  • Chen,Lixue
  • Goel,Ankita
  • Haider,Khondoker Tanveer
  • Singh,Sandeep - CSEFI
  • Zaman,Asad

Abstract

This paper introduces a micro-founded methodological framework to estimate the housing deficitacross and within emerging economies. It introduces the Adequate Housing Index, which provides a comparableassessment of adequate housing based on seven adequacy dimensions that are held constant across all countries. Theadequacy dimensions were obtained and harmonized from countries’ most recent household expenditure and consumptionsurveys. The paper documents large differences in housing adequacy across a sample of 64 emerging economies, as wellas wide within-country disparities such as across income groups, locations, and occupations. Estimates of theAdequate Housing Index show that across the sample of 64 emerging economies, there is a current housing deficit of268 million housing units affecting 1.26 billion people. About 26 percent of the current housing stock in theseeconomies is inadequate. The paper further estimates that at least 40 million additional housing units will have to beadded by 2030 to provide adequate housing to all and accommodate the growing population and urbanization patterns.

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  • Behr,Daniela Monika & Chen,Lixue & Goel,Ankita & Haider,Khondoker Tanveer & Singh,Sandeep - CSEFI & Zaman,Asad, 2021. "Introducing the Adequate Housing Index (AHI) : A New Approach to Estimate the Adequate HousingDeficit within and across Emerging Economies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9830, The World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:9830
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    1. Marwa Dabaieh & Ilia Iarkov & Kasper Rodil, 2023. "The ‘Z-Free’ Home: A Circular Thinking and Eco-Cycle Design Practice," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(18), pages 1-20, September.
    2. Jan Bredenoord & Yask Kulshreshtha, 2023. "Compressed Stabilized Earthen Blocks and Their Use in Low-Cost Social Housing," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-21, March.

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