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Sharifa's House
Author(s) -
Morshed Adnan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.574
Subject(s) - loan , affordable housing , engineering , finance , business , civil engineering
In Bangladesh, a microbanking system exclusively targeted at female ‘entrepeneurs’ has been combined with a streamlined domestic construction process, transforming the possibilities of affordable housing for the rural poor. Dr Adnan Morshed tells Sharifa's story; how a very modest loan from the Grameen Bank allowed Sharifa and her family to build a house and to realise what amounts to very much more than even a permanent home. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.