What can AI do for affordable housing in emerging markets? blogs.worldbank.org/psd/what-can-a… via WorldBank Olivia Nielsen World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness

Cool digital innovation to help connect earthquake survivors to shelter! cnn.com/2023/03/05/us/…

📰Great news from Sentosa, Singapore 🇸🇬: important signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Cagamas Berhad (198601008739/157931-A), Malaysia, NHMFC (Official), The Philippines and Монголын Ипотекийн Корпораци, Mongolia.

Delighted to bring the ISMMA community together again, this time in Singapore! Fantastic opportunity to continue sharing best practices in pursuit of affordable and sustainable housing markets globally

Really a ground breaking transaction for CCRH-UEMOA, raising money with US investors to develop West Africa’s housing sector

Always a pleasure meeting with Habib Hann ShafDB. Looking forward to lots of collaboration in years to come #SpringMeeting2023 #in

Tuvimos un encuentro muy productivo junto a Simón Walley y Ayah Mahgoub, del Banco Mundial, a Julia Asad y Rusmir Musić, del equipo de la Corporación Financiera Internacional (CFI), y al secretario del Ministerio de Desarrollo Territorial y Hábitat Marcos Aguilar, donde dialogamos sobre viviendas sustentables 🏠

KISIP2, a key Vision 2030 project being funded by the Government of Kenya (GoK), World Bank and Agence Française de Development (AFD) will be expected to contribute to the affordable housing agenda under implementation by the Government.

Upgrading of informal settlements helps to reduce POVERTY. We are focused in ensuring poor households access essential services and GAIN higher social status and increased ACCESS to fairly distributed resources

Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act contradicts the World Bank’s values. After reviewing our portfolio in the context of the new legislation, no new public financing will be presented to our Board of Executive Directors. Read the full statement: wrld.bg/kgER50PvlG7

A lovely short film about the impact of our housing project across West Africa with CRRH-UEMOA worldbank.org/en/news/video/… World Bank Africa World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness

See my colleague Mazen's blog on our project in West Africa -Thanks to the multiplier effect of the regional project, CRRH has already raised an additional $385 million on international markets. blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/buil… via World Bank Africa World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness

I had a good and productive meeting with WorldBank President Ajay Banga. I thanked the World Bank for its support and continued interest in Ukraine's success. We discussed ways to strengthen Ukraine’s financial system, a strategy for restoring mortgage lending, and mechanisms

📢 Exciting News! Our report on 'End User Finance for Affordable Housing in Abuja, Nigeria' is live! Let us work together to make a positive impact on affordable housing and contribute to the realisation of #SDG1. Explore key insights: bit.ly/41ww1nC #AffordableHousing

Nice article in The Economist - Time for a change in thinking on housing finance in Africa - Mortgages have a role to play but for most African families other solutions are also needed like micro loans or rental World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness HousingFinanceAfrica economist.com/middle-east-an…

In China! Starting with a meeting with ICBC, World’s largest bank!

18 storey housing project planned for Paris, by MVRDV 190 apartments, 30% social housing 150 different plant species, with nesting boxes for bats and birds

Excellent discussion at the Joint AUHF and ISMMA Conference in Zanzibar with ISMMA members from Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and The Philippines - and moderated by our Chairman Oscar Mgaya-on the role of mortgage refinancing companies in funding sustainable housing finance globally🏡

Had a fun time recording this with Flywheel Economics team. Let me know any feedback on this!

🎧 LISTEN! simonwalley, housing finance specialist WorldBank on what can be done to increase financial flows into affordable housing and the financing aspect of the affordable housing ecosystem.