What’s New at IMFG

Enid Slack presented an outline of a chapter, co-authored with Richard Bird, on Metropolitan Public Finance for an upcoming publication titled, “Metropolitan Government Finances in Developing Countries,” at the Lincoln […]

Richard Bird (IMFG Senior Fellow) made a presentation entitled “Introduction of a Property Tax” to the Seventh Meeting of the Asian Tax Forum, in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

IMFG hosted the Toronto Urban Fellows at a workshop on fiscal issues facing Toronto and other Canadian cities. Presenters were: Enid Slack (IMFG Director), Alan Broadbent (IMFG Chair), and Rob […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack made a presentation on “Municipal Cooperation on Economic Development: International Experience” at a Forum on “Financing Local Economic Development” in Manila, Philippines. The forum was sponsored […]

Alan Broadbent gave the opening speech at the Cities of Migration: An Opportunities Agenda for Cities conference in The Hague, Netherlands, entitled “The Imperative of Immigration.”  This presentation, and others […]

Enid Slack made a presentation at the 44th Annual CPTA National Workshop in Quebec City entitled “Tackling Volatility and Business Over-Taxation: What is BC Doing?”.

Enid Slack presented the final report of the Municipal Port Property Tax Commission to the Port Cities Committee of Metro Vancouver.

On September 16, Enid Slack participated in a panel discussion at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), co-sponsored by the World Bank, entitled “Finance and Governance of Capital […]

Enid Slack made a presentation to the Association of Municipal Tax Collectors of Ontario on “Assessment Limits in Ontario: Could We Live with the Consequences?” at Clevelands House in Minett, […]