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Human Rights and Evictions of the Urban Poor in Colombia
Margaret Everett
November 1999, English
Although many governments in Latin America have improved the process of legalizing peripheral settlements, recognized the rights of housing, and acknowledged the United Nations’ position on evictions as violations of fundamental human rights, urban displacement continues. Forced evictions bring devastation to families and neighborhoods and hamper efforts to improve large areas of the city. By […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
November 1999, English
Although many governments in Latin America have improved the process of legalizing peripheral settlements, recognized the rights of housing, and acknowledged the United Nations’ position on evictions as violations of fundamental human rights, urban displacement continues. Forced evictions bring devastation to families and neighborhoods and hamper efforts to improve large areas of the city. By […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
Improving the Accuracy of Downtown Land Assessments
Richard Ashley, Florenz Plassmann, and Nicolaus Tideman
November 1999, English
Working Papers
Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Valuation
November 1999, English
Working Papers
Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Valuation
Land Lines, September 1999
Edited by Ann LeRoyer
September 1999, English
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Property Tax, Urbanization, Valuation
September 1999, English
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Property Tax, Urbanization, Valuation
Urban Development Options for California’s Central Valley
William Fulton
September 1999, English
For more than a century, California’s Great Central Valley has been recognized as one of the world’s foremost agricultural regions. A giant basin 450 miles long and averaging 50 miles wide, the Valley encompasses some 19,000 square miles. With only one-half of one percent of the nation’s farmland, the Valley accounts for 8 percent of […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
September 1999, English
For more than a century, California’s Great Central Valley has been recognized as one of the world’s foremost agricultural regions. A giant basin 450 miles long and averaging 50 miles wide, the Valley encompasses some 19,000 square miles. With only one-half of one percent of the nation’s farmland, the Valley accounts for 8 percent of […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
Desafíos que confronta el sistema fiscal sobre la propiedad inmobiliaria en Porto Alegre, Brasil
September 1999, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 3 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. El impuesto brasileño a la propiedad es un gravamen anual administrado por los gobiernos municipales a los propietarios de edificios y tierras urbanas. Si bien los procedimientos para […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Valuation
September 1999, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 3 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. El impuesto brasileño a la propiedad es un gravamen anual administrado por los gobiernos municipales a los propietarios de edificios y tierras urbanas. Si bien los procedimientos para […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Valuation
Challenges to Property Tax Administration in Porto Alegre, Brazil
September 1999, English
The property tax in Brazil is an annual tax on urban land and buildings administered at the local government level. The tax base is derived from market value and is standardized across different local authorities, although procedures for establishing the tax base and rates vary considerably. In the city of Porto Alegre, the cost approach […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Valuation
September 1999, English
The property tax in Brazil is an annual tax on urban land and buildings administered at the local government level. The tax base is derived from market value and is standardized across different local authorities, although procedures for establishing the tax base and rates vary considerably. In the city of Porto Alegre, the cost approach […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Valuation
Mexicali
Triunfo de una reforma al sistema fiscal sobre la propiedad inmobiliaria
Manuel Perló Cohen
September 1999, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 3 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. El caso de Mexicali, capital del estado fronterizo de Baja California (México), es ejemplo destacado de una reforma exitosa hecha al sistema fiscal inmobiliario en la década de […]
Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Public Finance, Technology and Tools
September 1999, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 3 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. El caso de Mexicali, capital del estado fronterizo de Baja California (México), es ejemplo destacado de una reforma exitosa hecha al sistema fiscal inmobiliario en la década de […]
Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Public Finance, Technology and Tools
Mexicali
A Success Story of Property Tax Reform
Manuel Perló Cohen
September 1999, English
The case of Mexicali, the capital city of the border state of Baja California, Mexico, stands out as a good example of successful property tax reform in the 1990s. In only a few years the local government was able to raise revenues associated with the property tax, as well as strengthen its municipal finances and […]
Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Public Finance, Technology and Tools
September 1999, English
The case of Mexicali, the capital city of the border state of Baja California, Mexico, stands out as a good example of successful property tax reform in the 1990s. In only a few years the local government was able to raise revenues associated with the property tax, as well as strengthen its municipal finances and […]
Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Public Finance, Technology and Tools
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