What’s New at IMFG

In the article “Why Ontario’s planning act needs major changes,” IMFG fellow Dr. Aaron Moore argues the provincial government should revisit Section 37 of Ontario’s Planning Act. Section 37 allows […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack is on a World Bank Mission in Tanzania, from April 17-April 28, studying fiscal decentralization and own-source revenue.

As the fracking industry expands to Canada, a new paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance presents lessons from the United States to inform regulatory responses for municipalities […]

The May 3rd IMFG Graduate Fellow Seminar “Does Local Government Autonomy Promote Fiscal Sustainability? Lessons from Illinois’ home rule municipalities?” was advertised in the Municipal World Journal. More information about […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack presented “You Get What You Pay For: Funding Cities in the 21st Century” as part of the Harry Kitchen Lecture in Public Policy Series at Trent […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack and Urban Land Institute’s Executive Director Richard Joy led a conversation called “City Building – Financial and Governance Structures to meet Increasing Demands of Transit, Affordable […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack delivered a presentation entitled, “Smart Villages- Financing Services and Infrastructure” at The Fields Institute Conference on Smart Villages.

IMFG Director Enid Slack led a roundtable discussion entitled, “Cases and Challenges of Multilevel Metropolitan Coordination” to mayors and political leaders from Spain, Latin America, and the Caribbean in Mendoza, […]

New paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance explores the potential and drawbacks of green bonds, environmental impact bonds, catastrophe bonds, and green banks for Ontario municipalities Toronto, […]

Former IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Gustavo Carvalho’s new IMFG Paper (No. 37) Climate Finance for Canadian Cities: Is Debt Financing a Viable Alternative? was highlighted in a QP Briefing article entitled, “U […]