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Accelerating Community Investment
Lincoln Institute Launches Initiative to Mobilize Investment in Low-Income Communities
By Will Jason
January 2021, English
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy today launched an initiative to mobilize investment in low-income communities, especially those that have been excluded from access to mainstream financial and wealth-building resources. The initiative, Accelerating Community Investment (ACI), seeks to create a more fertile environment for philanthropies and other mission-aligned investors to deepen investment in community […]
Economic Development, Housing, Local Government, Public Finance
January 2021, English
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy today launched an initiative to mobilize investment in low-income communities, especially those that have been excluded from access to mainstream financial and wealth-building resources. The initiative, Accelerating Community Investment (ACI), seeks to create a more fertile environment for philanthropies and other mission-aligned investors to deepen investment in community […]
Economic Development, Housing, Local Government, Public Finance
Making a Good Tax Better: From Assessment to Collection, Three Places That Built Stronger Property Tax Systems
By Liz Farmer
January 2021, English
Kampala, Uganda, is home to 1.7 million people and is one of the fastest-growing cities in Africa. Situated on the north shore of Lake Victoria, this tropical capital city has many of the hallmarks of a booming metropolis: skyscrapers, bustling streets, public transit, and a lively nightlife. Major events like the African Water Association’s […]
Property Tax, Valuation
January 2021, English
Kampala, Uganda, is home to 1.7 million people and is one of the fastest-growing cities in Africa. Situated on the north shore of Lake Victoria, this tropical capital city has many of the hallmarks of a booming metropolis: skyscrapers, bustling streets, public transit, and a lively nightlife. Major events like the African Water Association’s […]
Property Tax, Valuation
Cómo mejorar un impuesto bueno
Tres lugares que fortalecieron su sistema de tributos inmobiliarios, desde la tasación hasta la recaudación
Por Liz Farmer
January 2021, Spanish
K ampala, Uganda, alberga 1,7 millones de habitantes y es una de las ciudades con mayor índice de crecimiento de África. Ubicada en la orilla norte del lago Victoria, esta capital tropical tiene muchas marcas distintivas de una metrópolis próspera: rascacielos, calles ajetreadas, transporte público y una animada vida nocturna. Fue sede de eventos […]
Property Tax, Valuation
January 2021, Spanish
K ampala, Uganda, alberga 1,7 millones de habitantes y es una de las ciudades con mayor índice de crecimiento de África. Ubicada en la orilla norte del lago Victoria, esta capital tropical tiene muchas marcas distintivas de una metrópolis próspera: rascacielos, calles ajetreadas, transporte público y una animada vida nocturna. Fue sede de eventos […]
Property Tax, Valuation
Un legado de innovación
Cómo los dirigentes de Cleveland reconcibieron y reconstruyeron la ciudad tras décadas de decadencia
Por Anna Clark
January 2021, Spanish
Cleveland apuntó al cielo. Llevó años de sudor y de excavar más tierra que para el canal de Panamá, pero cuando Terminal Tower celebró la fiesta de inauguración, en 1930, al instante se convirtió en ícono de la elegancia de Beaux Arts en una ciudad próspera. Según los planes iniciales del proyecto, sería un […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Local Government
January 2021, Spanish
Cleveland apuntó al cielo. Llevó años de sudor y de excavar más tierra que para el canal de Panamá, pero cuando Terminal Tower celebró la fiesta de inauguración, en 1930, al instante se convirtió en ícono de la elegancia de Beaux Arts en una ciudad próspera. Según los planes iniciales del proyecto, sería un […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Local Government
Cultivating Change: China Amends Land Regulations, Giving Farmers a Fairer Deal
By Matt Jenkins
January 2021, English
Several years ago, villagers in Wukan, China, rose up in protest. Residents of the small port town in the southern province of Guangdong were furious with the leaders of their village, who had condemned a swath of land and sold it to developers in a backroom deal. The villagers received no compensation. The protests […]
Land and Property Rights, Urbanization
January 2021, English
Several years ago, villagers in Wukan, China, rose up in protest. Residents of the small port town in the southern province of Guangdong were furious with the leaders of their village, who had condemned a swath of land and sold it to developers in a backroom deal. The villagers received no compensation. The protests […]
Land and Property Rights, Urbanization
A Legacy of Innovation: How Leaders in Cleveland Reimagined and Rebuilt Their City After Decades of Decline
By Anna Clark
January 2021, English
Cleveland reached for the sky. It took years of sweat and more excavated dirt than the Panama Canal, but when Terminal Tower celebrated its grand opening in 1930, it became an instant icon of Beaux Arts elegance in a soaring city. While initial plans for the project had called for a 14-story building atop […]
City and Regional Planning, Local Government
January 2021, English
Cleveland reached for the sky. It took years of sweat and more excavated dirt than the Panama Canal, but when Terminal Tower celebrated its grand opening in 1930, it became an instant icon of Beaux Arts elegance in a soaring city. While initial plans for the project had called for a 14-story building atop […]
City and Regional Planning, Local Government
In Search of Solutions: Water & Tribes Initiative Encourages Collaborative Approach to Colorado River Management
By Matt Jenkins
January 2021, English
In the fall of 2018, water managers in Arizona were in heated discussions about how to limit the damage from a decades-long megadrought on the Colorado River. The drought has forced painful reckonings and realignments related to water use throughout the Colorado River Basin. Because of the way the water has been allocated over […]
Environment, Water
January 2021, English
In the fall of 2018, water managers in Arizona were in heated discussions about how to limit the damage from a decades-long megadrought on the Colorado River. The drought has forced painful reckonings and realignments related to water use throughout the Colorado River Basin. Because of the way the water has been allocated over […]
Environment, Water
Búsqueda de soluciones
Water & Tribes Initiative Encourages Collaborative Approach to Colorado River Management
Por Matt Jenkins
January 2021, Spanish
E n el otoño de 2018, los gestores hídricos de Arizona debatían acaloradamente sobre cómo limitar los daños de una megasequía en el río Colorado que duró décadas. La sequía forzó cálculos y reajustes penosos en el uso del agua en toda la cuenca del río. Debido al modo en que se fue asignando […]
Environment, Water
January 2021, Spanish
E n el otoño de 2018, los gestores hídricos de Arizona debatían acaloradamente sobre cómo limitar los daños de una megasequía en el río Colorado que duró décadas. La sequía forzó cálculos y reajustes penosos en el uso del agua en toda la cuenca del río. Debido al modo en que se fue asignando […]
Environment, Water
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