PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

NOTES FROM THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

Pro-Poor Housing Finance

• Regional policy dialogue on pro-poor housing finance
  Adnan Aliani
   
  
• Pro-poor housing finance in Asia
  Xing Quan Zhang. PhD
   
• An overview of four South Asian financial systems
  Zaigham Mahmood Rizvi
   
• Women-driven micro finance in Sri Lanka
  Samatha Wimalasuriya
  
  
• A regional Asia-Pacific housing finance network
  Khan Prachuabmoh

Community-Based Organizations

• Community-based organizations : the poor as agents of development
   
• Successful Mumbai experience ignited global community savings programs
   
  
• Community savings programs - much more than access to credit
  K I Woo
   
• Thailand 's Baan Mankong - an urban poverty housing strategy for the American city?
  Sarah Nusser

Low-Income Housing Issues

• Land : a crucial element for housing the urban poor
   
• Rental housing - a much neglected housing option for the poor
   
• Affordable housign delivery in Thailand : a contextual assessment
  Douglas Webster, PhD

Low-Income Homes

• Lower and middle income housing options in Thailand
  Anchalee Tummanon
   
• Small houses movement : innovation or a necessity?
  Ballobh Kritayanavaj