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1. Making Land Legible

   Cadastres for Urban Planning and Development in Latin America
   Policy Focus Reports
   June 2016
   Diego Alfonso Erba and Mario Andrés Piumetto

   This report describes the past, present, and future role of cadastres as a land policy tool in Latin America. It shows how national, regional, and local jurisdictions have used updated orthodox and/...

2. Detroit and the Property Tax

   Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance Revenue
   Policy Focus Reports
   November 2015
   Gary Sands and Mark Skidmore

   This report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base—a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform...

3. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Lands

   Time for Reform?
   Policy Focus Reports
   November 2015
   John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

   Use-value assessment (UVA) is the practice of valuing rural land according to its current use rather than its market value to reduce property taxes for rural land owners in the United States. This...

4. Mejoramiento del desempeño del impuesto sobre la propiedad en América Latina

   Policy Focus Reports
   October 2015
   Claudia M. De Cesare

   This report, Mejoramiento del desempeño del impuesto sobre la propiedad en América Latina (Improving the Performance of the Property Tax in Latin America), presents a comprehensive...

5. Inclusionary Housing

   Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities
   Policy Focus Reports
   September 2015
   Rick Jacobus

   This report illustrates how local governments can realize the full benefits of inclusionary housing policies, which require developers of new market-rate real estate to provide some affordable units...

6. State Trust Lands in the West, Updated Edition

   Fiduciary Duty in a Changing Landscape
   Policy Focus Reports
   July 2015
   Peter W. Culp, Andy Laurenzi, Cynthia C. Tuell, and Alison Berry

   This comprehensive report offers state trust land managers the latest strategies for asset management, residential and commercial development, conservation use, and collaborative planning. Land...

7. Conserving State Trust Lands

   Strategies for the Intermountain West
   Policy Focus Reports
   March 2015
   Susan Culp and Joe Marlow

   This report presents and critiques tools and strategies for conserving western state trust lands with ecological and environmental value. A valuable resource for state trust managers and policy...

8. Recuperação de Mais-Valias Fundiárias na América Latina

   Políticas e Instrumentos para o Desenvolvimento Urbano
   Policy Focus Reports
   September 2014
   Martim O. Smolka

   Urbanization in Latin America is associated with strong pressure for the supply of serviced land, resulting in significant changes in land values that are distributed unequally among landowners and...

9. Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World

   Policy Focus Reports
   May 2014
   Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn

   The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...

10. Lessons from Sandy

    Federal Policies to Build Climate-Resilient Coastal Regions
    Policy Focus Reports
    April 2014
    Robert Pirani and Laura Tolkoff

    This report, spurred by aftermath of Hurrican Sandy, identifies a set of policies, regulations, and administrative practices that federal agencies can adopt to help coastal metropolitan regions...