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1. The Long Road to State Fiscal Recovery

   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2011
   Donald Boyd

   The recent recession has been recognized as the worst in memory, and its effects are still being felt. Less well understood is the fact that this recession has been far worse for state governments...

2. The Municipal Fiscal Crisis and Payments in Lieu of Taxes by Nonprofits

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2011
   Daphne A. Kenyon and Adam H. Langley

   PILOTs are voluntary payments made by tax-exempt nonprofits as a substitute for property taxes, but their revenue potential varies across municipalities because of large differences in the impact of...

3. Land-Based Financing For Brazil's Municipalities

   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2011
   David Michael Vetter and Marcia Vetter

   Brazil’s chronically low level of public sector investment has resulted in serious infrastructure deficits that are often cited as an impediment to its economic development. Brazil’s municipalities...

4. Land Lines, January 2011

   Revista Land Lines
   Janeiro 2011
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores the process of instituting property tax reform in Brazil; varied results of property tax assessment measures in two Chicago-area counties; and the fiscal challenges of maintaining...

5. Land Lines, April 2011

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2011
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the performance of a special assessment tax used to finance urban development in Colombia; varied results of payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) across U.S. municipalities; and the...

6. Land Lines, July 2011

   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2011
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue features the detrimental impacts of climate change on urban development in China’s Pearl River Delta; the dynamics of land value capture in San Paulo, Brazil; and the critical role...

7. Cities and Infrastructure

   A Rough Road Ahead
   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2011
   Gregory K. Ingram and Anthony Flint

   As both the national economy and local government revenues recover, a key priority will be to balance expenditures between current services and longer-term investments in infrastructure.

8. Implementing Local Property Tax Reform in Brazil

   Revista Land Lines
   Janeiro 2011
   Omar Pinto Domingos

   The property tax reform in Belo Horizonte was guided by the dual desire to eliminate distortions in its antiquated model and to introduce a new fiscal culture to support a permanent process of...

9. Affordable Housing in China

   Revista Land Lines
   Janeiro 2011
   By Joyce Yanyun Man

   Recent housing reform has resulted in a vigorous urban housing market and greatly improved housing conditions for urban residents, but affordability has become a major challenge for municipal...

10. Faculty Profile

    Ciro Biderman
    Revista Land Lines
    Janeiro 2011

    Ciro Biderman is an associate professor in the graduate and undergraduate programs in public administration and in economics at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in São Paulo; associate researcher at...