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Special Assessment Districts and the Financing of Infrastructure in South Africa
The Innovative Use of a Special Rating Area in Claremont, Cape TownDocumentos de trabajoJunio 2020Willard Matiashe and Arthur GermondSince 2000, special rating areas (SRAs), also known as Special Assessment Districts and/or city improvement districts (CIDs), have been used to revive urban nodes across the City of Cape Town (Cape...
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Urban Land Value Capture in São Paulo, Addis Ababa, and Hyderabad
Differing Interpretations, Equity Impacts, and Enabling ConditionsDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2020Anjali Mahendra, Robin King, Erin Gray, Maria Hart, Laura Azeredo, Luana Betti, Surya Prakash, Amartya Deb, Elleni Ashebir, and Asmaa IbrahimThis paper presents analysis of the fiscal and equity impacts of urban land value capture instruments based on three case studies from the global south. These include the Lideta redevelopment in...
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Designing Land Value Capture Tools in the Context of Complex Tenurial and Deficient Land Use Regulatory Regimes in Accra, Ghana
Documentos de trabajoMarzo 2019Samuel Banleman BiitirRapid urbanization has increased the demand for urban infrastructure services. Municipalities have attempted to finance infrastructure services with value capture instruments. The paper highlights...
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Area-Based Property Tax Systems
Area-Based Property Tax SystemsDocumentos de trabajoMayo 2009Katrina D. Connolly and Michael E. BellThe area-based property tax has been gaining influence in developing and transitional countries around the world. This report first examines how the area-based tax is administered in thirty-eight...
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Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World
Enfoques en políticas de sueloMayo 2014Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. LinnThe economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...
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Assessing the Theory and Practice of Land Value Taxation
Enfoques en políticas de sueloFebrero 2010Through an examination of more than 30 countries and several U.S. municipalities that have implemented a land value tax as an alternative to the traditional property tax, this report helps officials...
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A Global Compendium and Meta-Analysis of Property Tax Systems
Documentos de trabajoJunio 2014Richard AlmyThis report is a global compendium of significant features of systems for recurrently taxing land and buildings. It is based on works in English, many of which were published by the Lincoln Institute...
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Book provides first overview of property tax in Africa
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Into Africa
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Recently posted working papers
Entradas de blogOctubre 2007