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1. Implementación de la recuperación de plusvalías en América Latina

   Políticas e instrumentos para el desarrollo urbano
   Policy Focus Reports
   February 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...

2. Arrested Developments

   Combating Zombie Subdivisions and Other Excess Entitlements
   Policy Focus Reports
   January 2014
   Jim Holway, Don Elliott, and Anna Trentadue

   Drawing on case studies, survey results, and data analyses of abandoned residential development projects in the U.S. Intermountain West, this report shows local leaders how to identify and overcome...

3. Implementing Value Capture in Latin America

   Policies and Tools for Urban Development
   Policy Focus Reports
   June 2013
   Martim O. Smolka

   This report provides a review of land value capture's antecedents in Latin America and its longstanding presence in the urban planning agenda. It also examines a variety of land value capture...

4. Preventing House Price Bubbles

   Lessons from the 2006–2012 Bust
   Policy Focus Reports
   June 2013
   James R. Follain and Seth H. Giertz

   The boom and bust in house prices from 2006 to 2012 generated widespread fallout, affecting metropolitan areas across the country. But the extent of the damage varied widely, suggesting that local...

5. Regenerating America’s Legacy Cities

   Policy Focus Reports
   May 2013
   Alan Mallach and Lavea Brachman

   This report explores the challenges of regenerating America's legacy cities and suggests ways to overcome obstacles such as job and population loss. Community and economic developers will learn...

6. Melhorar o Desempenho do Imposto sobre a Propriedade Imobiliária na América Latina

   Policy Focus Reports
   January 2013
   Claudia M. De Cesare

   This report, Melhorar o Desempenho do Imposto sobre a Propriedade Imobiliária na América Latina (Improving the Performance of the Property Tax in Latin America), presents a...

7. Rethinking Property Tax Incentives for Business

   Policy Focus Reports
   June 2012
   Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam H. Langley, and Bethany P. Paquin

   State and local governments use many types of peroperty tax incentives to increase business development. This report reviews those incentives, summarizes the literature regarding their effectiveness...

8. Improving the Performance of the Property Tax in Latin America

   Policy Focus Reports
   June 2012
   Cláudia M. De Cesare

   This report focuses on three areas of property tax reform in Latin America: fiscal policy, tax policies, and assessment practices and collection procedures. It also draws on an ongoing property tax...

9. Opening Access to Scenario Planning Tools

   Policy Focus Reports
   April 2012
   Jim Holway, C.J. Gabbe, Frank Hebbert, Jason Lally, Robert Matthews, and Ray Quay

   In the face of increasing complexity and uncertainty, planners, public officials, and community residents need new tools to anticipate and shape the future. Opening Access to Scenario Planning Tools...

10. Regularización de asentamientos informales en América Latina

    Policy Focus Reports
    October 2011
    Edésio Fernandes

    In large Latin American cities the number of dwellings in informal settlements ranges from one-tenth to one-third of urban residences. These informal settlements are caused by low income, unrealistic...