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Presentation | 2016
Local Governments in the 21st Century: What are the Funding Options?
Enid Slack
Enid Slack presents to the Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia on March 31, 2016.
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IMFG Paper | 2016
Cities, Data, and Digital Innovation
Mark Kleinman
This paper defines the terms Big Data, Open Data, Open Government, and Smart Cities and uses two case studies – London (U.K.) and Toronto – to examine questions about using data to drive economic growth, improve the accountability of government to citizens, and offer more digitally enabled services.
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Forum Paper | 2015
Requiem for an Institution: The End of the Indian Planning Commission
Richard M. Bird, Bharat Punjabi, Sanjay G. Reddy, and Mitu Sengupta
The Indian Government’s decision to dissolve the Central Planning Commission in August 2014 marks an important watershed for India’s current government. This paper examines the newly established National Institution for Transforming India Aayog and its implications for India’s development policies.
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Presentation | 2015
Defining the Realm of the Possible: Opportunities and Challenges for Toronto
Peter Wallace
In his first public address since taking office in July, Toronto City Manager Peter Wallace shares his perspectives on the City’s finances, and on the opportunities and challenges to achieving key social, economic, city-building, environmental, and governance objectives.
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Video | 2015
Defining the Realm of the Possible: Opportunities and Challenges for Toronto
Peter Wallace
In his first public address since taking office in July, this video features Toronto City Manager Peter Wallace shares his perspectives on the City’s finances, and on the opportunities and challenges to achieving key social, economic, city-building, environmental, and governance objectives.
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Presentation | 2015
Funding Options for Municipalities
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by Enid Slack at the Municipal Finance Officers' Association Annual Conference on Sept. 24, 2015.
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IMFG Paper | 2015
A Good Crisis: Canadian Municipal Credit Conditions after the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy
Kyle Hanniman
Why did Canadian municipal credit conditions improved so dramatically after the 2008 recession compared to other subnational governments around the world?
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Presentation | 2015
Metropolitan Water Governance in Toronto: Policy by Default or Design?
Bharat Punjabi
This presentation focuses on the policy processes involved in implementing the Clean Water Act (2006), and outlines the practical and policy challenges of setting up the Toronto and Region Source Protection Authority with the involvement of municipal and non-municipal stakeholders.
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