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Professional Development Course on Informal Land Markets and Regularization in Latin America
CursosDiciembre 6, 2015Mark HavemanThis weeklong course offers students the opportunity to assess and challenge their understanding of fundamental topics related to urban informality.
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Mass Valuation for Tax Purposes
Educación a distanciaMayo 11, 2015Faculty: Marco Aurelio Stumpf GonzálezThe course, offered in Spanish, addresses issues related to mass appraisal of real estate, with emphasis on fiscal uses. Requirements: must have knowledge of property valuation methods and mastery of general statistics.
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Vacant Land, the Compact City and Sustainability
Educación a distanciaMayo 11, 2015This course, offered in Spanish, discusses the instruments used in many countries for the recovery/mobilization of value increment and assesses the objectives, limitations and alternatives to finance urban projects.
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Reviewing the Basics of Planning for Land Management
Educación a distanciaAbril 10, 2015Faculty: Juan Ignacio Duarte, Salvador Gómez Rocha, José Luis Basualdo, Ignacio Kunz BolañosThe course, offered in Spanish, offers a space to discuss new theoretical perspectives and practical experiences that seek to challenge and overcome some weaknesses of traditional technocratic planning.
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Cities on the Brink: The Dynamics of Fiscal Retrenchment
Conferencias LincolnNoviembre 20, 2015Speaker: Benedict S. JimenezMore than five years after the end of the Great Recession, a large majority of cities report that they are on the precipice of another budget crisis. This lecture is part of a series to promote municipal fiscal health.
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35th Annual Meeting of the National Conference of State Tax Judges
ConferenciasOctubre 1, 2015Speakers: Hon. Bernice Bouie Donald, Bethany R. Berger, David Brunori, Justice Ellen Gorman, Kirk J. Stark, Michael Ellis, Richard D. PompThe National Conference of State Tax Judges meets annually to review recent state tax decisions, consider methods of dealing with complex tax and valuation disputes, and share experiences in case management.
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From Social Stigma to Housing Solution: The Case of Manufactured Housing
Conferencias LincolnJunio 25, 2015Speaker: George W. McCarthyGeorge W. McCarthy will report on the work of a group of plucky social entrepreneurs who embarked on a Quixotic effort to transform the manufactured housing sector.
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Are We Living in A Second Gilded Age?
Conferencias LincolnJunio 16, 2015Speaker: Edward T. O'DonnellThis topic has major relevance for contemporary U.S. society as it confronts questions about poverty, inequality, and corporate power, in what some have taken to calling a Second Gilded Age.