CGAP Working Group on Housing Finance for the Poor

The CGAP* Working Group on Housing Finance for the Poor is a group of donors and practitioners collaborating to exchange lessons learned, best practices, ideas and innovations in the sector and, where possible, to collaborate and partner. The working group has met on several occasions in the past including the IFC Housing Finance conference in March and the World Urban Forum in June. More recently, a steering committee of donors met at the CGAP offices in March 2007 to determine an annual purpose and plan for the working group.

Habitat for Humanity is currently serving as the working group coordinator and secretariat and, therefore, is hosting this Web page to facilitate the exchange.

*CGAP (the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) is a consortium of 33 public and private development agencies working together to expand access to financial services for the poor in developing countries.

Framing the Debate papers
The CGAP Working Group Steering Committee of donors requested experts in the field of housing finance to draft papers to help the working group consider gaps and spaces in the emerging field of housing finance for the poor. The working group aims to facilitate space for dialogue and emerging insights into these topics to help promote and advance the sector.