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Using the Property Tax for Value Capture
A Case Study from Brazil
January 1998, English
Public investment in urban areas often results in increased land value that benefits only a small group of private owners. In a pioneering initiative, the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, is using the property tax as an instrument for capturing land value increments, deterring land speculation and promoting rational urban development. Economic and Social Context […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Urbanization, Value Capture
January 1998, English
Public investment in urban areas often results in increased land value that benefits only a small group of private owners. In a pioneering initiative, the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, is using the property tax as an instrument for capturing land value increments, deterring land speculation and promoting rational urban development. Economic and Social Context […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Urbanization, Value Capture
Construir consenso civil en El Salvador
Mario Lungo, Alejandra Mortarini, and Fernando Rojas
January 1998, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 6 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. La descentralización del estado, el crecimiento de las empresas y la participación comunitaria en los asuntos públicos, están presentando nuevos retos para el desarrollo de las instituciones enfocadas […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning
January 1998, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 6 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. La descentralización del estado, el crecimiento de las empresas y la participación comunitaria en los asuntos públicos, están presentando nuevos retos para el desarrollo de las instituciones enfocadas […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning
Building Civic Consensus in El Salvador
Mario Lungo, with Alejandra Mortarini and Fernando Rojas
January 1998, English
Decentralization of the state and growing business and community involvement in civic affairs are posing new challenges to the development of institutions focused on land policies and their implementation throughout Latin America. Mayors and local councils are assuming new responsibilities in the areas of environmental protection, urban transportation, basic infrastructure, local financing, social services and […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning
January 1998, English
Decentralization of the state and growing business and community involvement in civic affairs are posing new challenges to the development of institutions focused on land policies and their implementation throughout Latin America. Mayors and local councils are assuming new responsibilities in the areas of environmental protection, urban transportation, basic infrastructure, local financing, social services and […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning
Educación a nivel de las bases para las comunidades latinoamericanas
Sonia Pereira
January 1998, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 6 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Los sectores populares en la mayoría de las ciudades latinoamericanas se encuentran en una grave desventaja al intentar influenciar la planificación urbana y la administración de sus comunidades. […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Urbanization
January 1998, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 6 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Los sectores populares en la mayoría de las ciudades latinoamericanas se encuentran en una grave desventaja al intentar influenciar la planificación urbana y la administración de sus comunidades. […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Urbanization
Grassroots Education for Latin American Communities
Sonia Pereira
January 1998, English
The popular sectors in most Latin American cities are at a serious disadvantage in influencing land use planning and management in their communities. Although neighborhood activists may be well-organized locally, their interests are generally absent from decision making that can have broad implications for both urban land management and human rights. As part of its […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Urbanization
January 1998, English
The popular sectors in most Latin American cities are at a serious disadvantage in influencing land use planning and management in their communities. Although neighborhood activists may be well-organized locally, their interests are generally absent from decision making that can have broad implications for both urban land management and human rights. As part of its […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Urbanization
Land Lines, January 1998
Edited by Ann LeRoyer
January 1998, English
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning, Land Value Taxation, Urbanization
January 1998, English
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning, Land Value Taxation, Urbanization
Policies and Mechanisms on Land Value Capture
Taiwan Case Study
Alven H.S. Lam and Steve Wei-cho Tsui
January 1998, English
Working Paper
January 1998, English
Working Paper
The Continuing Redistribution of Fiscal Stress
The Long Run Consequences of Proposition 13
Jeffrey I. Chapman
January 1998, English
Working Paper
Property Tax, Public Finance
January 1998, English
Working Paper
Property Tax, Public Finance
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