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1. Mayor’s Desk: Cultivating Climate Resilience in Sierra Leone

   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2022
   By Anthony Flint, November 10, 2022

   Freetown, Sierra Leone, is one of seven cities around the world that have appointed chief heat officers as part of a global effort to invest in a climate-resilient future. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr...

2. Making a Good Tax Better: From Assessment to Collection, Three Places That Built Stronger Property Tax Systems

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2021
   By Liz Farmer, January 12, 2021

   What does the property tax look like when it works well, and how can municipalities improve the way they assess properties, collect taxes, and communicate about this essential financial instrument?...

3. Land Lines, July 2009

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2009
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores the American university’s evolved role as a driver of urban development; a joint venture between the Lincoln Institute and the African Tax Institute to shed light on African...

4. Land Lines, October 2003

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2003
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the shifting political landscape of urban mega-projects in the U.S.; urban renewal actions in a South African township; and the administration of property taxes in Brazil and...

5. Land Lines, April 2003

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2003
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the unanticipated improvements in property tax administration and uniformity in the U.S.; the relationships between growth, land use, and water supply in the West; the need for...

6. Land Lines, July 2002

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2002
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores the challenges of land and biodiversity conservation efforts in North America; the dynamics and characteristics of downtown areas in U.S. city centers; informal land markets and...

7. Faculty Profile

   Sally Powers
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2011

   Sally Powers has been a visiting fellow in the Department of Valuation and Taxation at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy since 2009. She was director of assessment for the City of Cambridge for...

8. Property Taxation in Anglophone Africa

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2007
   Riël C.D. Franzsen

   A well-functioning property tax system could offer many benefits to the nations of sub-Saharan Africa. A dependable and locally administered source of revenue would greatly benefit local democracy...

9. Property Taxation Challenges in Post-Apartheid South Africa

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2002
   Michael E. Bell and John H. Bowman

   The Lincoln Institute has supported the authors’ work on property taxation in South Africa for several years, and in February 2002 the Institute published Property Taxes in South Africa: Challenges...

10. Local Government and Property Tax Reform in South Africa

    Revista Land Lines
    Mayo 2000
    Riël C.D. Franzsen

    Since first holding democratic elections at the national and provincial levels in 1994, South Africa has undertaken far-reaching constitutional changes. Arguably, the most fundamental transformation...