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Municipal Taxation in San Salvador
May 1999, English
The demand for urban services surpasses the financial capacity of most cities around the world. To address this problem, many municipal governments successfully use the property tax, combined with other management instruments, to raise needed revenues. In Central America, El Salvador is the only country that does not currently have a tax on land and […]
May 1999, English
The demand for urban services surpasses the financial capacity of most cities around the world. To address this problem, many municipal governments successfully use the property tax, combined with other management instruments, to raise needed revenues. In Central America, El Salvador is the only country that does not currently have a tax on land and […]
Taxes on Land and Buildings
Case Studies of Transitional Economies
May 1999, English
The introduction of property taxation in transitional economies offers a unique perspective from which to study fiscal and governmental decentralization, land privatization and market development. These reforms all involve fundamental changes from the centrally controlled and planned societies of the communist period. The Lincoln Institute has a particular interest in the experiences of countries that […]
May 1999, English
The introduction of property taxation in transitional economies offers a unique perspective from which to study fiscal and governmental decentralization, land privatization and market development. These reforms all involve fundamental changes from the centrally controlled and planned societies of the communist period. The Lincoln Institute has a particular interest in the experiences of countries that […]
Land Lines, May 1999
May 1999, English
May 1999, English
May 1999, English
Legal Suggestions for Enacting Land Value Taxation
May 1999, English
May 1999, English
April 1999, English
Myths and Realities of Public Land Leasing
Canberra and Hong Kong
March 1999, English
Many scholars and analysts have suggested that public leasehold systems could allow governments to benefit from a share of future increased land value. Some have even argued that other policy objectives, including stabilizing land prices, controlling land uses and facilitating land redevelopment, could also be achieved through public land leasing. Although these proposals are persuasive […]
March 1999, English
Many scholars and analysts have suggested that public leasehold systems could allow governments to benefit from a share of future increased land value. Some have even argued that other policy objectives, including stabilizing land prices, controlling land uses and facilitating land redevelopment, could also be achieved through public land leasing. Although these proposals are persuasive […]
La expansión del uso de la tierra en Bogotá
¿Puede ser controlada?
March 1999, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 5 del libro Perspectivas urbanas; Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Las complejas presiones económicas, geográficas y demográficas sobre los patrones del uso de la tierra hacen que el manejo del crecimiento urbano constituya un verdadero desafío en el […]
March 1999, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 5 del libro Perspectivas urbanas; Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Las complejas presiones económicas, geográficas y demográficas sobre los patrones del uso de la tierra hacen que el manejo del crecimiento urbano constituya un verdadero desafío en el […]
