Topic: Public Finance

Course

Salud Fiscal Municipal: Hacia Ciudades Más Justas, Resilientes y Sostenibles

March 1, 2021 - May 14, 2021

Online

Free, offered in Spanish


Descripción

El curso aborda la salud fiscal municipal, la cual se deriva de la armonía entre la producción de ingresos, su apropiación y su utilización para el beneficio de la comunidad, y que, dada su importancia, debe ser prevista, medida y monitoreada continuamente. Se analiza el potencial de las fuentes de financiamiento, las asociaciones público-privadas, la capacidad de endeudamiento municipal y, especialmente, los beneficios de los instrumentos con base en el suelo como fuentes de financiamiento propias y sus efectos para la construcción de ciudades más justas, sostenibles y resilientes. También se plantea la necesidad de que los gobiernos establezcan reservas financieras para “días lluviosos”, que ocurren típicamente en periodos de recesión económica.

Relevancia

Las ciudades latinoamericanas se caracterizan por déficits en inversiones en obras y servicios públicos, que resultan en desigualdades en el acceso a recursos y oportunidades económicas y sociales. Las comunidades fiscalmente saludables tienen la capacidad de disminuir esos déficits y, por ende, combatir las inequidades y la pobreza que conllevan. La crisis financiera sin precedentes causada por la pandemia de COVID-19 ha agravado las desigualdades de la región, así como el estrés financiero y el riesgo de insolvencia del sector público, lo que incluso podría afectar la provisión de servicios básicos. El momento requiere que los gobiernos municipales evalúen su situación actual e implementen medidas de reestructuración fiscal para incluir mecanismos de gestión más progresistas, que permitan mantener la salud fiscal en el largo plazo.

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Details

Date
March 1, 2021 - May 14, 2021
Application Period
December 7, 2020 - January 13, 2021
Selection Notification Date
February 8, 2021 at 6:00 PM
Location
Online
Language
Spanish
Cost
Free
Registration Fee
Free
Educational Credit Type
Lincoln Institute certificate

Keywords

Inequality, Infrastructure, Land Value Taxation, Land-Based Tax, Local Government, Planning, Poverty, Property Taxation, Public Finance, Tax Reform, Taxation, Valuation, Value Capture, Value-Based Taxes

Graduate Student Fellowships

2021 C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program

Registration Deadline: March 19, 2021 at 6:00 PM

The Lincoln Institute's C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program assists PhD students, primarily at U.S. universities, whose research complements the Institute's interests in land and tax policy. The program provides an important link between the Institute's educational mission and its research objectives by supporting scholars early in their careers.

For information on present and previous fellowship recipients and projects, please visit C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellows, Current and Past


Details

Registration Deadline
March 19, 2021 at 6:00 PM

Downloads

Webinar and Event Recordings

Webinar: Making Necessary Budget Cuts with an Eye to Equity and Resilience

November 18, 2020 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Free, offered in English

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As the COVID-19 crisis has significantly slowed economic movement in most of the United States, cities across the country are bracing for major fiscal shortfalls. Additionally, city leaders must confront the high level of uncertainty over what course the coronavirus pandemic will take and for how long. In light of these factors, municipal budget cuts are all but inevitable. The situation is especially difficult for legacy cities, which were either already struggling economically or whose economies had just turned the corner.

And while making budget cuts is never easy, they can be particularly fraught during a crisis. The cuts that may be easiest to make for municipal government leaders may end up disproportionately impacting the city’s most vulnerable residents – or may make it more difficult for the city to start rebuilding when the crisis has passed. This webinar provides local leaders with tools to avoid falling into those traps by highlighting established best practices and exploring community engagement strategies for identifying resident budget priorities.

With these tools in hand, legacy city leaders will be able to make necessary cuts to their budgets in such a way that they will be well-positioned to continue their revitalization agendas that were interrupted by the pandemic. They will also build resident buy-in and trust as they utilize community engagement to make sure budget cuts are made in a way that residents find the least harmful.

This webinar is presented by the Legacy Cities Initiative at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

Speakers

Shayne Kavanagh, Senior Manager of Research, Government Finance Officers Association

Mary Bunting, City Manager, City of Hampton, Virginia


Details

Date
November 18, 2020
Time
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Language
English
Cost
Free