Rapid Housing Sector Assessment : Sint Maarten
In September 2017, Hurricane Irma devastated housing on the island of Sint Maarten. Between January and March of 2019, a World Bank team carried out this Rapid Housing Sector Diagnostic. The Diagnostic is based on information gathered during a one-...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/240421608664487863/Rapid-Housing-Sector-Assessment-Sint-Maarten http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34990 |
| Summary: | In September 2017, Hurricane Irma
devastated housing on the island of Sint Maarten. Between
January and March of 2019, a World Bank team carried out
this Rapid Housing Sector Diagnostic. The Diagnostic is
based on information gathered during a one-week mission to
Sint Maarten, desktop research, and analysis of drone- and
street-view imagery gathered by the World Bank’s Global
Program for Resilient Housing. In the field, the team met
with representatives of the government departments
responsible for housing, as well as private sector players
(developers, builders, engineers, banks, union
representatives). The team also visited several social
housing developments and informal settlements. Because this
is the first assessment undertaken in Sint Maarten since the
hurricane, housing data remains scarce. The Diagnostic’s
findings are therefore more qualitative than quantitative.
They do, however, present a broad picture of the current
state of the island’s housing sector, which should be viewed
as the start of a dialogue on housing with the Sint Maarten
government, and as a foundation for the Bank to develop a
longer-term engagement in the sector. |
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