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Ivory Coast
Index
Social programs generally benefited the wealthy more
than the
poor, subsidizing those who had access to resources and an
understanding of public services. Public housing, a high
priority
under successive development plans since 1960, was an
example of
this trend. Most available public housing was in Abidjan.
It was
generally of high quality, so even with subsidized rents,
it was
beyond the means of poorer families. The result was
government
assistance to relatively high-wage earners.
Some
World Bank (see Glossary) programs were helping
redress
this imbalance by providing funding for low-income housing
and
low-cost transportation programs. World Bank assistance in
housing
in the late 1980s was also aimed at providing low-interest
loans to
enable families to purchase their own homes.
Data as of November 1988
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