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UN Habitat Conference Examines Private Sector's Role

NEW YORK CITY-In a panel discussion as part of the United Nations' Habitat Conference, Republic of Singapore Ambassador Mahbubani led panelists in a series of studies of the private sector's possible role in creating adequate housing.

By Amy Vaughn | Updated on June 08, 2001

NEW YORK CITY-While mayoral hopeful and slated speaker Michael Bloomberg was a no-show, five panelists were in attendance at the United Nations Habitat Conference Private Sector Forum in the Dag Hammerskjold Auditorium to discuss, “Adequate Shelter for All: What Can the Private Sector Do?” Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador Republic of Singapore H. E. Kishore Mahbubani led off the series of studies.

While Hernando de Soto, internationally known economics author and president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy in Lima, Peru, said, “I know very little about housing, but I know about property,” many of the speakers have direct contact with housing and private/public partnering. Robert Eychner of Eychner Associates, based here, has been involved in the FIABCI’s project to develop homes in Nicaragua. He highlighted the role of philanthropic contributions made to the effort by developers with the creation of pre-fabricated housing for the poor.

Simon Kolesar, deputy chairman of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Foundation in London, noted even in developed nations, such as his own home in the UK, there are pockets in which there is excessive housing and in turn in which there are shortages. If planning is often disorganized and localized without a big-picture view even in there, the magnitude of the situation in poor nations is highlighted. He suggested it is possible, however, to organize and plan through study, the best use of resources and places for development.

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