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Implementing Property Taxation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
C. Kurt Zorn, Jean Tesche, and Gary Cornia
November 1999, English
The state of Bosnia and Herzegovina continues its long process of reconstruction and reconciliation, four years after the November 1995 signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, which marked the end of a three-and-one-half-year war. Under the terms of the Accords, the state was set up within the original borders of what had been the Yugoslav […]
Economic Development, Local Government, Property Tax, Technology and Tools
November 1999, English
The state of Bosnia and Herzegovina continues its long process of reconstruction and reconciliation, four years after the November 1995 signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, which marked the end of a three-and-one-half-year war. Under the terms of the Accords, the state was set up within the original borders of what had been the Yugoslav […]
Economic Development, Local Government, Property Tax, Technology and Tools
Redefinición de los derechos de propiedad en la era de la liberalización y la privatización
November 1999, 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. En países subdesarrollados, la mayoría de los programas y propuestas de gestión urbana han requerido adoptar un criterio de orientación social a los derechos de propiedad, lo que […]
Environment, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
November 1999, 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. En países subdesarrollados, la mayoría de los programas y propuestas de gestión urbana han requerido adoptar un criterio de orientación social a los derechos de propiedad, lo que […]
Environment, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
Redefining Property Rights in the Age of Liberalization and Privatization
November 1999, English
An apparent paradox exists in developing countries between a more progressive definition of property rights and current trends toward privatization. On one hand, most proposals and programs of urban management have required the adoption of a socially oriented approach to property rights, which guarantees broader scope for state intervention in controlling the process of land […]
Environment, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
November 1999, English
An apparent paradox exists in developing countries between a more progressive definition of property rights and current trends toward privatization. On one hand, most proposals and programs of urban management have required the adoption of a socially oriented approach to property rights, which guarantees broader scope for state intervention in controlling the process of land […]
Environment, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
Desalojos forzosos y derechos humanos en Colombia
Margaret Everett
November 1999, 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. Muchos gobiernos latinoamericanos han mejorado el proceso de legalización de los asentamientos periféricos, y han reconocido el derecho a la vivienda y la postura de las Naciones Unidas […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
November 1999, 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. Muchos gobiernos latinoamericanos han mejorado el proceso de legalización de los asentamientos periféricos, y han reconocido el derecho a la vivienda y la postura de las Naciones Unidas […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
Human Rights and Evictions of the Urban Poor in Colombia
Margaret Everett
November 1999, English
Although many governments in Latin America have improved the process of legalizing peripheral settlements, recognized the rights of housing, and acknowledged the United Nations’ position on evictions as violations of fundamental human rights, urban displacement continues. Forced evictions bring devastation to families and neighborhoods and hamper efforts to improve large areas of the city. By […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
November 1999, English
Although many governments in Latin America have improved the process of legalizing peripheral settlements, recognized the rights of housing, and acknowledged the United Nations’ position on evictions as violations of fundamental human rights, urban displacement continues. Forced evictions bring devastation to families and neighborhoods and hamper efforts to improve large areas of the city. By […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
Land Lines, November 1999
Edited by Ann LeRoyer
November 1999, English
Housing, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax, Technology and Tools, Urbanization
November 1999, English
Housing, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax, Technology and Tools, Urbanization
Improving the Accuracy of Downtown Land Assessments
Richard Ashley, Florenz Plassmann, and Nicolaus Tideman
November 1999, English
Working Paper
Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Valuation
November 1999, English
Working Paper
Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Valuation
Urban Development Options for California’s Central Valley
William Fulton
September 1999, English
For more than a century, California’s Great Central Valley has been recognized as one of the world’s foremost agricultural regions. A giant basin 450 miles long and averaging 50 miles wide, the Valley encompasses some 19,000 square miles. With only one-half of one percent of the nation’s farmland, the Valley accounts for 8 percent of […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
September 1999, English
For more than a century, California’s Great Central Valley has been recognized as one of the world’s foremost agricultural regions. A giant basin 450 miles long and averaging 50 miles wide, the Valley encompasses some 19,000 square miles. With only one-half of one percent of the nation’s farmland, the Valley accounts for 8 percent of […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
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