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Poland : overview of local government"s role in facilitating private development of housing
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Poland : overview of local government"s role in facilitating private development of housing
The extent to which Poland"s private sector can increase its investment in the housing sector in the post-Communist era will largely depend on the extent to which local governments carry out their newly acquired mandate to oversee the housing sector.
1991
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Abstract
The ability of local governments to function in this regard is examined in the present report, prepared as background for a proposed World Bank/A.I.D. housing sector reform program for Poland. Chapter 2 provides an overview of Poland"s municipal structure as recently enacted in Local Self-Government Act (March, 1990) and briefly describes the budgetary process and decision environment at the local government level. Chapter 3 analyzes the financial situation of five Polish cities (Warsaw, Gdansk, Torun, Siedlce, and Lodz), with particular attention to the issues of municipal services, debt, infrastructure investment, and cost recovery. Chapter 4 describes the legal and regulatory framework for the delivery of serviced land and housing and its impact at the local level, while Chapter 5 identifies constraints to the private production of housing and proposes a technical assistance and training program to ameliorate them.
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