Neato!

[Lawrence of Arabia]

can you buy stock?

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Snotty
And mud and dung houses are often rightly called utter sh*tholes.

Only by people with no taste.


My dream house is made of mud.

At some point the economies of those regions where people live in mud/dung houses will reach a level at which a better standard of housing is required and demanded.

Look at Mexico and some areas of the southern states. Lots of mud houses still in use, and alot of really amazing contemporary designs.

[el freako]

Unfortunately this advance will have little effect on the world's poor until they have access to proper land-title and an effective legal system.

What would really benefit the poor in third world nations are 'squatters rights' enabling them to buy the land which they improve.

this should be required reading for anyone wanting to improve the lot of the world's poor.