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1. Role of large landowners in planning is subject of Lincoln Institute volume

   Comunicados de prensa
   Septiembre 25, 2009

2. China’s Land System

   Past, Present, and Future
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Dwight H. Perkins

   In this paper, Dwight H. Perkins discusses how the development of Chinese real estate markets has generated tensions between different segments of the population and between the government and...

3. Property Rights and Real Estate Privatization in Russia

   A Work in Progress
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Bertrand Renaud, Joseph K. Eckert, and R. Jerome Anderson

   Russia has attempted to develop property rights institutions to facilitate the development of private real estate markets since 1991. As of 2008 only one city (Veliky Novgorod) of 171 medium and...

4. Developing Land Markets Within the Constraint of State Ownership in Vietnam

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Stephen B. Butler

   The development of land markets in Vietnam has attracted much attention. Stephen B. Butler discusses some institutional efficiencies of land market reform in Vietnam based on a survey conducted in 12...

5. The Use of Eminent Domain in São Paulo, Bogotá, and Mexico City

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Antonio Azuela

   In this paper, Antonio Azuela examines the conditions under which eminent domain is used in São Paulo, Bogotá, and Mexico City. Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico all went through democratic transitions...

6. The Myth and Reality of Eminent Domain for Economic Development

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Jerold S. Kayden

   Jerold S. Kayden, professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, tackles the question of just how often local governments in the United States exercise their eminent domain power to...

7. Property Rights Protection and Spatial Planning in European Countries

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Vincent Renard

   Confiscation of an owner’s property is not the only form of taking. If government regulations limit all viable uses of a property and cause a substantial decrease in its value, this in most cases is...

8. Land Registration, Economic Development, and Poverty Reduction

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Klaus Deininger and Gershon Feder

   One common objective of establishing secure private property rights in land, particularly in developing countries, is to reduce poverty. The World Bank and other international aid agencies have...

9. Looking Beyond Land Titling and Credit Accessibility for the Urban Poor

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Edésio Fernandes

   In this paper, Edésio Fernandes argues that the designs of large-scale titling programs have been based on erroneous assumptions about the formation of informal settlements. This error, Fernandes...

10. Private Conservation Easements

    Balancing Private Initiative and the Public Interest
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2009
    Gerald Korngold

    A commonly used property rights approach to conserving the environment is private conservation easements. Gerald Korngold discusses the benefits of this policy and proposes methods to mediate some of...