Introducing the Adequate Housing Index : A New Approach to Estimate the Adequate Housing Deficit within and across Emerging Economies

This paper introduces a micro-founded methodological framework to estimate the housing deficit across and within emerging economies. It introduces the Adequate Housing Index, which provides a comparable assessment of adequate housing based on seven...

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Main Authors:	Behr, Daniela M., Chen, Lixue, Goel, Ankita, Haider, Khondoker Tanveer, Singh, Sandeep, Zaman, Asad
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	AHI ADEQUATE HOUSING HOUSING DEFICIT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY EMERGING ECONOMIES SDG 11
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/370141635794493951/Introducing-the-Adequate-Housing-Index-AHI-A-New-Approach-to-Estimate-the-Adequate-Housing-Deficit-within-and-across-Emerging-Economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36481

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spelling	okr-10986-364812021-11-05T05:10:43Z Introducing the Adequate Housing Index : A New Approach to Estimate the Adequate Housing Deficit within and across Emerging Economies Behr, Daniela M. Chen, Lixue Goel, Ankita Haider, Khondoker Tanveer Singh, Sandeep Zaman, Asad AHI ADEQUATE HOUSING HOUSING DEFICIT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY EMERGING ECONOMIES SDG 11 This paper introduces a micro-founded methodological framework to estimate the housing deficit across and within emerging economies. It introduces the Adequate Housing Index, which provides a comparable assessment of adequate housing based on seven adequacy dimensions that are held constant across all countries. The adequacy dimensions were obtained and harmonized from countries’ most recent household expenditure and consumption surveys. The paper documents large differences in housing adequacy across a sample of 64 emerging economies, as well as wide within-country disparities such as across income groups, locations, and occupations. Estimates of the Adequate Housing Index show that across the sample of 64 emerging economies, there is a current housing deficit of 268 million housing units affecting 1.26 billion people. About 26 percent of the current housing stock in these economies is inadequate. The paper further estimates that at least 40 million additional housing units will have to be added by 2030 to provide adequate housing to all and accommodate the growing population and urbanization patterns. 2021-11-04T16:39:45Z 2021-11-04T16:39:45Z 2021-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/370141635794493951/Introducing-the-Adequate-Housing-Index-AHI-A-New-Approach-to-Estimate-the-Adequate-Housing-Deficit-within-and-across-Emerging-Economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36481 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9830 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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spellingShingle	AHI ADEQUATE HOUSING HOUSING DEFICIT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY EMERGING ECONOMIES SDG 11 Behr, Daniela M. Chen, Lixue Goel, Ankita Haider, Khondoker Tanveer Singh, Sandeep Zaman, Asad Introducing the Adequate Housing Index : A New Approach to Estimate the Adequate Housing Deficit within and across Emerging Economies
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description	This paper introduces a micro-founded methodological framework to estimate the housing deficit across and within emerging economies. It introduces the Adequate Housing Index, which provides a comparable assessment of adequate housing based on seven adequacy dimensions that are held constant across all countries. The adequacy dimensions were obtained and harmonized from countries’ most recent household expenditure and consumption surveys. The paper documents large differences in housing adequacy across a sample of 64 emerging economies, as well as wide within-country disparities such as across income groups, locations, and occupations. Estimates of the Adequate Housing Index show that across the sample of 64 emerging economies, there is a current housing deficit of 268 million housing units affecting 1.26 billion people. About 26 percent of the current housing stock in these economies is inadequate. The paper further estimates that at least 40 million additional housing units will have to be added by 2030 to provide adequate housing to all and accommodate the growing population and urbanization patterns.
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author	Behr, Daniela M. Chen, Lixue Goel, Ankita Haider, Khondoker Tanveer Singh, Sandeep Zaman, Asad
author_facet	Behr, Daniela M. Chen, Lixue Goel, Ankita Haider, Khondoker Tanveer Singh, Sandeep Zaman, Asad
author_sort	Behr, Daniela M.
title	Introducing the Adequate Housing Index : A New Approach to Estimate the Adequate Housing Deficit within and across Emerging Economies
title_short	Introducing the Adequate Housing Index : A New Approach to Estimate the Adequate Housing Deficit within and across Emerging Economies
title_full	Introducing the Adequate Housing Index : A New Approach to Estimate the Adequate Housing Deficit within and across Emerging Economies
title_fullStr	Introducing the Adequate Housing Index : A New Approach to Estimate the Adequate Housing Deficit within and across Emerging Economies
title_full_unstemmed	Introducing the Adequate Housing Index : A New Approach to Estimate the Adequate Housing Deficit within and across Emerging Economies
title_sort	introducing the adequate housing index : a new approach to estimate the adequate housing deficit within and across emerging economies
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/370141635794493951/Introducing-the-Adequate-Housing-Index-AHI-A-New-Approach-to-Estimate-the-Adequate-Housing-Deficit-within-and-across-Emerging-Economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36481
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