Video | 2015
IMFG@10: The Past, Present, and Future of City Finance and Governance
Richard M. Bird, Alan Broadbent, Enid Slack, and Zack Taylor
This video features IMFG’s tenth anniversary event. Panelists Enid Slack, Richard M. Bird, and Zack Taylor look at the past, present, and future of municipal finance and governance and give their progress reports: what have cities learned?
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Presentation | 2014
Governance and Finance of Large Metropolitan Areas
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the 5th Halle Forum on Urban Economic Growth in Germany.
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Presentation | 2014
Institutional Design and the Geography of Rural-Urban Water Conflict in Mumbai, India
Bharat Punjabi
This presentation focused on the regional dimensions of water delivery in Mumbai and looked at the role of institutions and the impact of local laws, agencies, and governance on how water is shared between rural and urban areas.
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Presentation | 2014
Did The Land Transfer Tax Affect Housing Sales In The Greater Toronto Area?
Murtaza Haider and Amar Anwar
IMFG Visiting Scholar Murtaza Haider explores the impact of the Land Transfer Tax (LTT) on housing sales in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Previous research has shown that housing sales declined after the implementation of the LTT but Dr. Haider’s research concludes that the negative impact on housing sales was not statistically significant.
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Video | 2014
Métropole du Grand Paris: Planning and Integrating the Paris Metropolitan Region
Catherine Barbé
In this video, Catherine Barbé, the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Société du Grand Paris, shares some of her experience and strategies with the implementation of the Grand Paris project, with insights and lessons on further integrating the Paris metropolitan region.
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Presentation | 2014
Own-Source Revenues for Metropolitan Cities
Enid Slack
Presentation by IMFG Director Enid Slack at the Seminario Internacional sobre alternativas de financiamiento de ciudades in Bogotá, Colombia on November 18, 2014.
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Presentation | 2014
Financing Cities in the 21st Century
Enid Slack
Presentation by IMFG Director Enid Slack for the Edmonton Regional Planning Speakers Series on October 21, 2014.
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Presentation | 2014
Universities, Cities, & Prosperity: An Agenda for the Future
Meric Gertler
A strong university helps build a strong city, and vice versa. Universities impart innovative dynamism and resilience to the economies of urban regions. They are stabilizing forces on urban economies, and on the local neighbourhoods they inhabit. And they connect their host regions to the world. What role should the University of Toronto play in our region’s future?
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