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1. Reforma urbana y desarrollo territorial

   Experiencias y perspectivas de aplicación de las leyes 9a de 1989 y 388 de 1997
   Outro
   Outubro 2003
   Editado por María Mercedes Maldonado

   Este livro reúne os resultados do fórum sobre a reforma urbana e o desenvolvimento territorial realizado em abril de 2003 em Bogotá, Colômbia. O evento pioneiro juntou as...

2. Towards Fiscally Healthy Michigan Local Governments

   Outro
   Outubro 2020
   Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

   The state of Michigan has long incubated financial stress among its localities. Though not the state’s intention, limits on local governments’ ability to raise revenues, coupled with...

3. Case Study: Can Meandering Paths Connect a Fragmented Planning System?

   Developing a Regional Governance Structure to Enable Watershed Planning in Southeast Louisiana
   Outro
   Junho 2021
   Rachelle Sanderson, Thomas Douthat, Manohar “Manny” Patole

   Louisiana’s flat geography, proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, and seasonal rain events make the state especially susceptible to flooding. Risks are particularly high because water can flow...

4. Metropolitan Cities in the National Fiscal and Institutional Structure

   Artigos de Conferências
   Abril 2013
   Paul Smoke

   In this paper, Paul Smoke points out that an important yet neglected issue in the study of urban public finance in developing countries is how urban and metropolitan governments are situated in the...

5. The Contribution of Local Sales and Income Taxes to Fiscal Autonomy

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   John L. Mikesell

   In this paper, John L. Mikesell analyzes the local sales and income taxes in several U.S. states. As of 2009 the local sales tax is levied in 36 states, constituting over 30 percent of total local...

6. The Effects of Development Impact Fees on Local Fiscal Conditions

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   Gregory S. Burge

   In this paper, Gregory S. Burge examines user fees and charges and their direct and indirect fiscal impacts. Among such levies, development impact fees have become most popular in U.S. cities. These...

7. Local Revenues Under Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries

   Linking Policy Reform, Governance, and Capacity
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2008
   Paul Smoke

   Paul Smoke examines local revenue generation under fiscal decentralization in developing countries. He finds that local capacity for generating own-source funds is rare due to a lack of attention to...

8. Interjurisdictional Competition Under U.S. Fiscal Federalism

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2008
   Sally Wallace

   Similar to the decentralization of environmental policy, scholars and analysts also express concerns about the welfare effects of interjurisdictional competition on economic development under U.S....

9. Fiscal Decentralization and Income Distribution

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2008
   Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Cristian Sepulveda

   A major challenge of fiscal decentralization is its effects on income distribution. Theoretical discussions have questioned whether decentralization increases regional disparities when subnational...

10. Opportunities and Risks of Fiscal Decentralization

    A Developing Country Perspective
    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2008
    Roy Bahl

    Despite the overwhelming support for decentralization programs, there is little agreement among scholars and policy makers, and scant empirical evidence, as to whether the devolution of power to...