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1. Zhi Liu, Infrastructure Specialist, Named Director of Lincoln Institute China Program

   Comunicados de prensa
   Septiembre 6, 2013

   For Immediate ReleaseContact: Anthony Flint 617-503-2116 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (September 6, 2013) -- Zhi Liu, a specialist in urban infrastructure and its financing at the World Bank, was named director...

2. New Report Details Use of Value Capture in Latin America

   Comunicados de prensa
   Junio 21, 2013

   For Immediate ReleaseContact: Anthony Flint 617-503-2116 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (June 21, 2013) – The increasing use of value capture in Latin America provides many lessons for financing urban...

3. Implementing Value Capture in Latin America

   Policies and Tools for Urban Development
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 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. Infrastructure and Land Policies

   Libros
   Mayo 2013
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Karin L. Brandt

   More than 50 percent of the global population resides in urban areas where land policy and infrastructure interactions facilitate economic opportunities, affect the quality of life, and influence...

5. Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries

   Libros
   Abril 2013
   Edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, and Deborah L. Wetzel

   This work uses case studies of urban financing mechanisms in China, India, and Brazil to help decision makers in developing countries address the challenges of rapid metropolitan growth. The report...

6. China’s Environmental Policy and Urban Development

   Libros
   Febrero 2013
   Edited by Joyce Yanyun Man

   “It is well known that rapid urbanization and industrialization in China have had serious consequences for China's environment. Far less recognized are the wide ranging efforts undertaken...

7. Infrastructure and Urban Development

   Evidence from Chinese Cities
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Yan Song

   This paper by Yan Song discusses the links between infrastructure provision and urban expansion, the relationship between levels of infrastructure and land prices, and the mechanisms used to finance...

8. Mobile Telephony and Socioeconomic Dynamics in Africa

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Mirjam de Bruijn

   This paper by Mirjam de Bruijn examines the development of telecommunication infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa and illustrates the impact with anthropological case studies in four specific...

9. Economic Regulation of Utility Infrastructure

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Janice A. Beecher

   In this paper, Janice A. Beecher examines public infrastructure as having characteristics of both public and private goods that earn a separate classification as a toll good. Utilities demonstrate a...

10. The Unit Approach to the Taxation of Railroad and Public Utility Property

    Ponencias
    Mayo 2013
    Gary C. Cornia, David J. Crapo, and Lawrence C. Walters

    Administering a property tax system presents ongoing challenges under the best of circumstances. Whether it involves keeping taxpayer rolls up to date, pursuing tax evaders, or updating taxable...