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Amid Fiscal Strain, New Database Allows Custom Comparisons of City Finances
Comunicados de prensaSeptiembre 12, 2013For Immediate Release Contact: Anthony Flint 617-503-2116 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (September 12, 2013) – As Detroit faces bankruptcy and many other cities across the U.S. address an ongoing crisis in...
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“Legacy Cities” Can Revitalize by Building on Assets, Lincoln Institute Report says
Comunicados de prensaJunio 24, 2013For Immediate ReleaseContact: Anthony Flint 617-503-2116 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (June 25, 2013) – Enduring assets such as downtowns, parks, transit systems, and academic and cultural institutions are the...
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Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries
Comunicados de prensaAbril 22, 2013For Immediate ReleaseContact: Anthony Flint 617-503-2116 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (April 22 2013) – A new book published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy spells out needed reforms in the governance of...
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Infrastructure and Land Policies
LibrosMayo 2013Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Karin L. BrandtMore 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...
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Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries
LibrosAbril 2013Edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, and Deborah L. WetzelThis 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...
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Metropolitan Cities in the National Fiscal and Institutional Structure
PonenciasAbril 2013Paul SmokeIn 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...
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The Decentralization of Governance in Metropolitan Areas
PonenciasAbril 2013Roy W. BahlThe 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...
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Institutions and Politics of Metropolitan Management
PonenciasAbril 2013Inder Sud and Serder YilmazIn this paper by Inder Sud and Serdar Yilmaz, the authors point out the fact that metropolitan cities play a vital role in economic development. In most countries they account for a significant share...
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Metropolitan Public Finance
An OverviewPonenciasAbril 2013Richard M. Bird and Enid SlackThis paper by Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack is based on their observation that not all big cities are very rich, but they are all, by definition, big, and most of them are also rich relative to...
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Property Taxes in Metropolitan Cities
PonenciasAbril 2013In this paper, William J. McCluskey and Riel C. D. Franzsen review property taxation focusing on metropolitan cities in developing and transitional countries. Since there is no comparative data to...
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