Search Results for: International and Comparative
Presentation | 2014
Local Finance & Fiscal Equalization Schemes in a Comparative Perspective: Australia and Canada
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the Conference on Making Fiscal Equalization Work at Freie Universität Berlin on June 27, 2014.
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Presentation | 2014
Innovative Governance Approaches in Metropolitan Areas in Developing Countries
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the UN Habitat Global Expert Group Meeting on Urban Development Financing: The Challenge of Local Governments in Developing Countries in Barcelona, Spain on June 25, 2014.
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Perspectives Paper | 2014
Too Big, Yet Still Too Small: The Mixed Legacy of the Montréal and Toronto Amalgamations
Zachary Spicer
More than a decade since the amalgamations, two recent IMFG Papers examine the impact these reforms have had on the finances and service delivery in the country’s two biggest cities. This Perspectives paper highlights the key themes and arguments from the two papers.
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IMFG Paper | 2013
Decentralization and Infrastructure in Developing Countries
Roy Bahl and Richard M. Bird
The paper first sets out the theory of expenditure assignment with respect to decentralizing infrastructure expenditure, and then considers how practice around the developing world appears to differ from what that theory appears to suggest.
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Presentation | 2013
London’s Crossrail: A Case Study in Transit Investment
Jim Berry
The Crossrail is a transformative transit investment that will traverse London. It was planned through a rigorous process that focused on supporting the region’s economic growth and reducing congestion by shifting travel patterns, connecting employment areas, and capturing the resulting increase in land values. How did they get there?
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Video | 2013
London’s Crossrail: A Case Study in Transit Investment
Jim Berry
This video features a lecture by Jimm Berry, Senior Vice President at Hatch Mott MacDonald. The Crossrail is a transformative transit investment that will traverse London. It was planned through a rigorous process that focused on supporting the region’s economic growth and reducing congestion by shifting travel patterns, connecting employment areas, and capturing the resulting increase in land values. How did they get there?
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Book | 2013
Governance and Finance of Metropolitan Areas in Federal Systems
Enid Slack and Rupak Chattopadhyay
This volume examines the governing structure and finances of metropolitan areas in federal systems. Taking a comparative approach, each chapter examines two large metropolitan areas in a federal country, including Australia (South East Queensland and Perth); Brazil (Belo Horizonte and São Paulo); Canada (Toronto and Vancouver); Germany (Hamburg and Central Germany); India (Hyderabad and Mumbai); South Africa (Cape Town and Gauteng metropolitan region); Spain (Barcelona and Madrid); Switzerland (Geneva and Zurich); and the United States (Louisville and Los Angeles).
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Presentation | 2013
Property Tax Reform in Developing Countries
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the Fourth IMF-Japan High-Level Tax Conference for Asian Countries in Tokyo, Japan on April 3, 2013.
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