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1. Global Universities and Urban Development

   Comunicados de prensa
   Mayo 23, 2008

2. Global Universities and Urban Development

   Case Studies and Analysis
   Libros
   Marzo 2008
   Edited by Wim Wiewel and David C. Perry

   This book on the role of global universities in urban development, edited by Wim Wiewel and David C. Perry, complements their previous volume on U.S. institutions, The University as Urban Developer:...

3. Making the Property Tax Work

   Experiences in Developing and Transitional Countries
   Libros
   Marzo 2008
   Edited by Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Joan Youngman

   This book analyzes the property tax in developing and transitional countries, addressing why it does not work well there and what can be done to make it a more relevant source of revenue for those...

4. Land Lines, October 2008

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2008
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue features an overview of revitalization efforts and needs in Beijing and Shanghai; value-based property taxation methods of Central and Eastern Europe; and how Panama City's historic...

5. Land Lines, July 2008

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2008
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at place-making strategies to combat poverty, unemployment, and other issues plaguing U.S. cities; the dynamics and effects of urban sprawl and possible remedies to overgrown...

6. Land Lines, January 2008

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2008
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the need for coordinated mitigation efforts to combat climate change in North American cities; inequality caused by widening gaps in assessed property valuation that is associated...

7. Land Lines, April 2008

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2008
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   In this issue, we feature articles on the land value impacts of bus rapid transit and the use of referanda for the conservation of open space.

8. Instruments for the Recovery of Value Increments in Latin America

   Weak Implementation, Ambiguous Interpretation
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2008
   Fernanda Furtado

   The private appropriation of land value increments is often cited as a central factor in the literature on problems of Latin American urbanization. Researchers have been in agreement for at least 20...

9. Urban Land as a Factor in Economic and Social Inclusion

   The Experience of Havana
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2008
   Ricardo Núñez Fernández

   This paper explores the topic of planning under a centrally planned socialist economy, as exemplified by the case of Havana, Cuba. The specific features of urban land management in Cuba are explored...

10. Municipal Taxes as Instruments for Value Capture in Perú

    Documentos de trabajo
    Marzo 2008
    Julio A. Calderón Cockburn

    This article describes the overall Peruvian policy on municipalities and their legal mechanisms for the recovery of local government investments (the Betterment Levy and the Special Assessment on...