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March 2002, English
The Influence of de Soto’s “The Mystery of Capital”
January 2002, English
The proliferation of informal and illegal forms of access to urban land and housing has been one of the main consequences of the processes of social exclusion and spatial segregation that have characterized intensive urban growth in developing countries. Given the absence of adequate housing policies and the failure of the land market to offer […]
January 2002, English
The proliferation of informal and illegal forms of access to urban land and housing has been one of the main consequences of the processes of social exclusion and spatial segregation that have characterized intensive urban growth in developing countries. Given the absence of adequate housing policies and the failure of the land market to offer […]
Message from the President
January 2002, English
We are inaugurating our fourteenth volume year of Land Lines with a new look and feel—more color, more articles, more news about our faculty, and more announcements about our courses, publications and special projects. In the past five years our educational programs have expanded to reach policy makers and practitioners in federal, state and local […]
January 2002, English
We are inaugurating our fourteenth volume year of Land Lines with a new look and feel—more color, more articles, more news about our faculty, and more announcements about our courses, publications and special projects. In the past five years our educational programs have expanded to reach policy makers and practitioners in federal, state and local […]
Land Use Planning and Growth Management in the American West
January 2002, English
This article reviews the Western State Planning Leadership Retreat, in which state planners from 13 western states have participated. The retreats provide a forum for state-level planners to compare their experiences, learn from each other’s successes and failures, and build a common base of experience for land use planning in their states and across the […]
January 2002, English
This article reviews the Western State Planning Leadership Retreat, in which state planners from 13 western states have participated. The retreats provide a forum for state-level planners to compare their experiences, learn from each other’s successes and failures, and build a common base of experience for land use planning in their states and across the […]
Hacia un sistema de tributación inmobiliaria de mayor eficacia en América Latina
January 2002, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 3 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Con el objetivo de analizar la equidad y eficacia del sistema fiscal de tributación inmobiliaria, el Instituto Lincoln desarrolló, en conjunto con el Ayuntamiento de Porto Alegre (Brasil), […]
January 2002, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 3 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Con el objetivo de analizar la equidad y eficacia del sistema fiscal de tributación inmobiliaria, el Instituto Lincoln desarrolló, en conjunto con el Ayuntamiento de Porto Alegre (Brasil), […]
Toward More Effective Property Tax Systems in Latin America
January 2002, English
As part of its ongoing education program in Latin America, the Lincoln Institute, with the Porto Alegre (Brazil) City Council, organized the “International Seminar on Property Taxation” in April 2001, to discuss equity and efficiency in property tax administration. More than 200 delegates came from 12 countries, 14 Brazilian states and 45 local authorities. Internationally […]
January 2002, English
As part of its ongoing education program in Latin America, the Lincoln Institute, with the Porto Alegre (Brazil) City Council, organized the “International Seminar on Property Taxation” in April 2001, to discuss equity and efficiency in property tax administration. More than 200 delegates came from 12 countries, 14 Brazilian states and 45 local authorities. Internationally […]
Faculty Profile
Thomas J. Nechyba
January 2002, English
Thomas J. Nechyba is professor of economics at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, where he also serves as director of undergraduate studies for the Department of Economics. In addition, he is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and he serves as associate editor for the American Economic Review and the […]
January 2002, English
Thomas J. Nechyba is professor of economics at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, where he also serves as director of undergraduate studies for the Department of Economics. In addition, he is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and he serves as associate editor for the American Economic Review and the […]
La influencia de “El misterio del capital” de Hernando de Soto
January 2002, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 2 del libro Perspectivas urbanas; Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. El crecimiento urbano de los países en vía de desarrollo está invariablemente acompañado por procesos de exclusión social y segregación espacial, cuya consecuencia más notoria es la proliferación […]
January 2002, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 2 del libro Perspectivas urbanas; Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. El crecimiento urbano de los países en vía de desarrollo está invariablemente acompañado por procesos de exclusión social y segregación espacial, cuya consecuencia más notoria es la proliferación […]
