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1. Fiscal Decentralization and Land Policies

   Libros
   Mayo 2008
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong

   The study of fiscal decentralization has important policy implications for urban growth management, environmental conservation, and property taxation. First, fiscal decentralization gives local...

2. Toward a Vision of Land in 2015

   International Perspectives
   Libros
   Abril 2008
   Edited by Gary C. Cornia and Jim Riddell

   Based on the proceedings of a 2006 conference cohosted by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the International Center for Land Policy Studies and Training (ICLPST) in Taiwan, this book offers...

3. Making the Property Tax Work

   Experiences in Developing and Transitional Countries
   Libros
   Marzo 2008
   Edited by Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Joan Youngman

   This book analyzes the property tax in developing and transitional countries, addressing why it does not work well there and what can be done to make it a more relevant source of revenue for those...

4. Mercados Informales de Suelo y Regularización de Asentamientos en América Latina

   Cursos
   Diciembre 1, 2019
   Profesores: Claudio Acioly, Martim O. Smolka, Cynthia Goytia, Carlos Morales-Schechinger, Marcela Román Forastelli

   El curso propicia un espacio de aprendizaje dinámico e intensivo, que estimula el intercambio de conocimientos y experiencias que contribuyen a la formulación y gestión de programas de regularización y de mejoramiento urbano.

5. Mensaje del presidente

   Lecciones que nunca se aprendieron
   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2019
   Por George W. McCarthy

   “Ojalá no supiera ahora lo que no sabía antes”. Era un verso al pasar en la balada “Against the Wind” (“Contra el viento”) de Bob Seger de 1980, una reflexión sobre la inocencia y el remordimiento....

6. Tecnociudad

   El alumbrado se hace más inteligente, ¿y nosotros?
   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2019
   Por Rob Walker

   En 1879, una delegación de funcionarios de Detroit tomó un barco a vapor y cruzó el lago Erie hacia Cleveland; allí, examinó el primer alumbrado eléctrico de la nación. Tres semanas antes, el...

7. Place Database

   Contest Winners Use Maps to Tell Stories of Place
   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2019
   By Emma Zehner, November 15, 2019

   The winning projects from The Place Database Contest explored complex policy questions related to climate mitigation, affordable housing, and sprawl. The contest asked participants to use The Place...

8. Institutional Investment in China’s Infrastructure

   Documentos de trabajo
   Noviembre 2019
   Weiping Wu

   Rapid growth in post-reform China has resulted in a high demand for infrastructure and the need for sustained mechanisms of financing. As public finances are already overstretched at the local level...

9. Mayor's Desk

   Boston Mayor Marty Walsh On the Urgency of Climate Action
   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2019
   By Anthony Flint, November 8, 2019

   Boston native and two-term Mayor Martin J. Walsh has become a leader on climate action, from retrofitting city buildings to raising parks and roads. He spoke with Senior Fellow Anthony Flint about...

10. 2019 National Conference of State Tax Judges

    Conferencias
    Octubre 31, 2019
    Speakers: Nina Olson, James Hagy, Lawrence Walters, Ronald Rakow, David Brunori, Hon. Joseph Small, Thomas Atherton, Will Shepherd, Joan Youngman, Richard Pomp, Kirk Stark

    This conference meets annually to review recent state tax decisions, consider methods of dealing with complex tax and valuation disputes, and share experiences in case management.