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Shelter
February 1985
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[Download original document] VIII. Allocations of USAID's Shelter Sector Resources within the Recipient Country
It is clear that the magnitude of the shelter sector requirements in the LDCs far exceeds the level of resources available from USAID It is important, therefore, to utilize these technical and capital resources selectively to have the greatest impact.
1. Selection of Low-Income Target Groups
It is essential to direct USAID's programming at households below the median income. USAID's shelter program promotes equitable distribution of benefits in the shelter sector through increased access to land, shelter, infrastructure, and employment for the urban poor.
2. Selection of City and Town Locations For Shelter Sector Projects
We should seek to insure that neither shelter developments nor growth directing infrastructure (water and sewer systems as well as transportation arteries) take place or indirectly encourage building in hazard prone areas. Similarly, given the scarcity and productive value of agriculture and forest land in developing countries, our shelter and urban infrastructure interventions should seek to avoid the pre-emption of such lands for urban uses. Moreover, our shelter and urban infrastructure interventions should support higher urban density and greater infill development to the extent that they are viable options to outward urban expansion. So doing would avoid the risk of encroaching on valued agricultural and forest lands and, generally, would serve the interests of economic efficiency as, with high densities and less extensive infrastructure (shorter water and sewer trunklines, etc.), a greater number of inhabitants can benefit from a given unit of infrastructure.
Appendix I gives details on the implementation of HG projects.
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