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1. Professional Development Course on Informal Land Markets and Regularization in Latin America

   Cursos
   Dezembro 6, 2015
   Mark Haveman

   This weeklong course offers students the opportunity to assess and challenge their understanding of fundamental topics related to urban informality.

2. Cities on the Brink: The Dynamics of Fiscal Retrenchment

   Palestras Lincoln
   Novembro 20, 2015
   Speaker: Benedict S. Jimenez

   More than five years after the end of the Great Recession, a large majority of cities report that they are on the precipice of another budget crisis. This lecture is part of a series to promote municipal fiscal health.

3. 35th Annual Meeting of the National Conference of State Tax Judges

   Conferências
   Outubro 1, 2015
   Speakers: Hon. Bernice Bouie Donald, Bethany R. Berger, David Brunori, Justice Ellen Gorman, Kirk J. Stark, Michael Ellis, Richard D. Pomp

   The National Conference of State Tax Judges meets annually to review recent state tax decisions, consider methods of dealing with complex tax and valuation disputes, and share experiences in case management.

4. From Social Stigma to Housing Solution: The Case of Manufactured Housing

   Palestras Lincoln
   Junho 25, 2015
   Speaker: George W. McCarthy

   George W. McCarthy will report on the work of a group of plucky social entrepreneurs who embarked on a Quixotic effort to transform the manufactured housing sector.

5. Are We Living in A Second Gilded Age?

   Palestras Lincoln
   Junho 16, 2015
   Speaker: Edward T. O'Donnell

   This topic has major relevance for contemporary U.S. society as it confronts questions about poverty, inequality, and corporate power, in what some have taken to calling a Second Gilded Age.

6. Mass Valuation for Tax Purposes

   Educação a Distância
   Maio 11, 2015
   Faculty: Marco Aurelio Stumpf González

   The course, offered in Spanish, addresses issues related to mass appraisal of real estate, with emphasis on fiscal uses. Requirements: must have knowledge of property valuation methods and mastery of general statistics.

7. Vacant Land, the Compact City and Sustainability

   Educação a Distância
   Maio 11, 2015

   This course, offered in Spanish, discusses the instruments used in many countries for the recovery/mobilization of value increment and assesses the objectives, limitations and alternatives to finance urban projects.

8. Reviewing the Basics of Planning for Land Management

   Educação a Distância
   Abril 10, 2015
   Faculty: Juan Ignacio Duarte, Salvador Gómez Rocha, José Luis Basualdo, Ignacio Kunz Bolaños

   The course, offered in Spanish, offers a space to discuss new theoretical perspectives and practical experiences that seek to challenge and overcome some weaknesses of traditional technocratic planning.