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1. El escritorio del alcalde

   Fomentar la resiliencia ante el cambio climático en Sierra Leona
   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2023
   Por Anthony Flint

   La alcaldesa Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr asumió su cargo en Freetown, Sierra Leona, en mayo de 2018, después de desempeñarse como jefa del Ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Freetown. La profesional de las...

2. Land Lines, Abril 2022

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2022
   Editado por Katharine Wroth

   En este número, se analizan las soluciones locales de la crisis de capacidad de pago de la vivienda, el aumento de un ecosistema de inversión comunitaria en Appalachia y mucho má...

3. 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...

4. Land Lines, Enero/Abril 2021

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2021
   Editado por Katharine Wroth

   Este número doble especial de Land Lines conmemora el 75.º aniversario del Instituto Lincoln de Políticas de Suelo, narra la historia de la organización y explora có...

5. Tax Battles

   Cities Seek Higher Payments in Lieu of Taxes from Nonprofits
   Revista Land Lines
   Marzo 2020
   By Liz Farmer, March 4, 2020

   At a recent rally in front of Baltimore City Hall, activists sang, chanted, and otherwise voiced their view that the city’s major nonprofit institutions weren’t “paying their fair share” of property...

6. Why Tax Increment Financing Often Fails and How Communities Can Do Better

   Revista Land Lines
   Septiembre 2018
   By Will Jason, September 11, 2018

   Tax increment financing, or TIF, is a wildly popular economic development tool in the United States, but it often falls short of its promise to revitalize struggling neighborhoods.

7. Q & A

   Tax Incentives for Amazon HQ2—When Winners End Up Losers?
   Revista Land Lines
   Septiembre 2018
   By David Franco

   Amazon wants tax incentives to locate its second headquarters. Could the costs outweigh the benefits for a city like Boston?

8. Land Lines, July 1997

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 1997
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the urban renewal and participatory planning efforts simultaneously taking place in Havana, Cuba; land reform and taxation programs in Estonia following its independence in 1991;...

9. Message from the President

   Strengthening Municipal Fiscal Health
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2015
   George W. McCarthy

   When one looks at fiscally distressed cities, it is easy to conclude that insolvency is simply a product of ineffective management, a lack of financial discipline, or the incompetence or corruption...