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International land policy conference on property rights June 1-3 2008
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The City-CLT Partnership
Municipal Support for Community Land TrustsEnfoques en políticas de sueloJunio 2008John Emmeus Davis and Rick JacobusBased on a review of three dozen municipal programs and interviews with local officials and community land trust (CLT) practitioners, this report describes how cities are investing in existing CLTs...
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Transforming Community Development with Land Information Systems
Enfoques en políticas de sueloMarzo 2008Sarah Treuhaft and G. Thomas KingsleyA new era of data democracy has arrived, enabling tremendous improvements in land information systems and opening up a wealth of opportunities for the practice of community development and the...
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Fiscal Decentralization and Land Policies
LibrosMayo 2008Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung HongThe study of fiscal decentralization has important policy implications for urban growth management, environmental conservation, and property taxation. First, fiscal decentralization gives local...
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Opportunities and Risks of Fiscal Decentralization
A Developing Country PerspectivePonenciasMayo 2008Roy BahlDespite the overwhelming support for decentralization programs, there is little agreement among scholars and policy makers, and scant empirical evidence, as to whether the devolution of power to...
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Local Revenues Under Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries
Linking Policy Reform, Governance, and CapacityPonenciasMayo 2008Paul SmokePaul Smoke examines local revenue generation under fiscal decentralization in developing countries. He finds that local capacity for generating own-source funds is rare due to a lack of attention to...
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Local Service Provision in Selected OECD Countries
Do Decentralized Operations Work Better?PonenciasMayo 2008Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio, and Vito TanziThe authors survey the related literature of decentralization experiences in selected OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation...
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Political Structure and Exclusionary Zoning
Are Small Suburbs the Big Problem?PonenciasMayo 2008In this paper, William A. Fischel argues that metropolitan areas with more fragmented and decentralized government structures are more likely to have a lower elasticity of housing supply than those...
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School Finance Reforms and Property Tax Limitation Measures
PonenciasMayo 2008Daniel P. McMillen and Larry D. Singell Jr.One of the most controversial issues related to U.S. fiscal federalism is the financing of local public schools through property taxation. In theory, the system follows the principle of matching...
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Decentralization and Environmental Decision Making
PonenciasMayo 2008Shelby GerkingShelby Gerking analyzes the effect of state tax rates on the disposal of chlorinated solvent wastes in the United States. He finds that changes in the disposal costs of these chemicals as a result of...
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