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Land Value Taxation
Rating Principles and Guidelines for KenyaDocumentos de trabajoMayo 2000Tom M. KonyimbihKenya has in the last few years initiated reforms at the national and local levels to enhance revenue mobilization, economic efficiency and service delivery to her rapidly increasing population. At...
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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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Making Room for a Planet of Cities
Enfoques en políticas de sueloEnero 2011Shlomo Angel, with Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. BleiThis report—the precursor to Planet of Cities—provides policy makers and planners with a conceptual framework for understanding urban expansion and provides research-based suggestions for...
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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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Sustainable Development
Slums, Informal Settlements, and the Role of Land PolicyRevista Land LinesNoviembre 2018By Will Jason, November 19, 2018Slums and informal settlements hold a quarter of the global urban population, and they are absorbing the majority of urban growth in developing regions.
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Implementing a Local Property Tax Where There Is No Real Estate Market
The Case of Commonly Owned Land in Rural South AfricaLibrosAbril 2006Michael E. Bell and John H. BowmanSince 1995 the authors have worked on a series of property taxation projects in South Africa, funded in part by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. South Africa envisions extending value-based...
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Mobile Telephony and Socioeconomic Dynamics in Africa
PonenciasMayo 2013Mirjam de BruijnThis paper by Mirjam de Bruijn examines the development of telecommunication infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa and illustrates the impact with anthropological case studies in four specific...
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Sustainable Infrastructure for Urban Growth
PonenciasMayo 2013Katherine SierraSustainability increasingly affects infrastructure investment patterns, particularly in cities in developing countries where urban populations will more than double—increasing by 2.6 billion people—...
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Planeta de ciudades
LibrosJunio 2015This book develops a science of global cities to prepare for the coming expansion of the planet's population and questions the main tenets of the Containment Paradigm. It provides planners and...
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Conservation Catalysts
The Academy as Nature’s AgentLibrosNoviembre 2014Edited by James N. Levitt with a foreword by Stephen Woodley“We can gain encouragement from the coalition of groups that have rallied together to promote conservation and embrace connectivity: universities, environmental groups, land trusts, churches,...
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