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1. What Is the Value of Infrastructure Maintenance?

   A Survey
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Felix Rioja

   Public infrastructure has been established as the foundation for the productive activities of a country. Road and rail networks, water systems, power generating and distribution systems, and...

2. Metropolitan Cities in the National Fiscal and Institutional Structure

   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   Paul Smoke

   In this paper, Paul Smoke points out that an important yet neglected issue in the study of urban public finance in developing countries is how urban and metropolitan governments are situated in the...

3. The Decentralization of Governance in Metropolitan Areas

   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   Roy W. Bahl

   The theory and practice of providing government services in metropolitan areas are subjects that have attracted a great deal of attention in the industrial countries but have been largely ignored in...

4. Metropolitan Governance and Finance in São Paulo

   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   Deborah L. Wetzel

   With a population of 11.2 million residents, São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere, and the world’s seventh largest city by population. The city is...

5. Slum Upgrading

   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   Maria E. Freire

   In this paper, Maria E. Freire discusses the alternatives available to finance slum upgrading in metropolitan areas and large cities. It examines the size of the problem as described by the U.N....

6. How Alternative Revenue Structures Are Changing Local Government

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben

   In this paper, Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben note that the revenue mix for local government changes frequently in response to economic shocks, policy shifts, and technological advances in tax...

7. 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...

8. Metropolitan Infrastructure and Capital Finance

   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   Gregory K. Ingram, Zhi Liu, and Karin L. Brandt

   This paper provides a baseline analysis and comparison of private participation in key infrastructure (energy, transportation, telecommunications, water and sanitation) for developing countries...