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1. Para leer el suelo urbano

   Catastros multifinalitarios para la planificación y el desarrollo de las ciudades de América Latina
   Policy Focus Reports
   January 2017
   Diego Alfonso Erba and Mario Andrés Piumetto

   In Latin America, a territorial cadastre is a public registry that manages information relating to parcels of land. As an institution, the cadastre is common in many countries, although it does not...

2. Making Land Legible

   Cadastres for Urban Planning and Development in Latin America
   Policy Focus Reports
   June 2016
   Diego Alfonso Erba and Mario Andrés Piumetto

   This report describes the past, present, and future role of cadastres as a land policy tool in Latin America. It shows how national, regional, and local jurisdictions have used updated orthodox and/...

3. Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World

   Policy Focus Reports
   May 2014
   Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn

   The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...

4. Regularização de Assentamentos Informais na América Latina

   Policy Focus Reports
   October 2011
   Edésio Fernandes

   In large Latin American cities the number of dwellings in informal settlements ranges from one-tenth to one-third of urban residences. These informal settlements are caused by low income, unrealistic...

5. Regularización de asentamientos informales en América Latina

   Policy Focus Reports
   October 2011
   Edésio Fernandes

   In large Latin American cities the number of dwellings in informal settlements ranges from one-tenth to one-third of urban residences. These informal settlements are caused by low income, unrealistic...

6. Regularization of Informal Settlements in Latin America

   Policy Focus Reports
   May 2011
   Edésio Fernandes

   This report provides municipal and community leaders with an overview of the challenge of informal settlements in Latin America, along with recommendations for improving regularization policies. It...