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Among the interventions aimed at reducing poverty, the improvement of infrastructure is certainly one of the most relevant. For example, the attainment of almost all of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) depends, at least in part, on improvements in infrastructure services (Willoughby 2004). The reason for this is the impact of these services upon the quality of life and the sanitary conditions of the population (Amis 2001). Despite the significance of a dwelling’s characteristics and infrastructure as crucial factors for the general wellbeing of its inhabitants, little work has been done to assess the causal impact of infrastructure and housing improvement programmes on the formalization, health, and welfare of the very poor.
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Goytia, C., Pasquini, R.A., Sanguinetti, P. (2012). Public-Private Co-operation for Gas Provision in Poor Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires: Assessing the Impact on Housing Improvements and Health. In: Rodgers, D., Beall, J., Kanbur, R. (eds) Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century. Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137035134_10
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