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Presentation | 2016
When Debt Meets Public Approval: Municipal Bond Elections in San Antonio, Texas
Jacqueline Peterson
Municipal bonds are one way to raise money for long-term infrastructure investments. In several U.S states, bond approvals are put to a public referendum. This presentation looks at one such case in San Antonio, Texas.
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Video | 2016
Policymaking and the City: Joe Pennachetti in Conversation with Matt Galloway
Joe Pennachetti and Matt Galloway
In this video, former Toronto City Manager Joe Pennachetti was joined in conversation with Matt Galloway, host of CBC Radio 99.1 FM’s Metro Morning. With 35 years of municipal financial management experience, Mr. Pennachetti reflected on his career in the public service and share his thoughts on the challenges of policymaking for cities.
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Presentation | 2016
Detroit Past and Present: Can Regional Governance Restart the Motown Engine?
Zachary Lewsen
This presentation looks at how demographic and industrial shifts in recent decades have impacted equity in municipal service delivery across the Metro Detroit region. Could fiscal equalization narrow the gap between Detroit and its outer suburbs? More broadly, can regional governance help restart the Motown engine?
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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
Can Tax Increment Financing Support Transportation Infrastructure Investment?
Murtaza Haider and Liam Donaldson
This report reviews tax increment financing (TIF) and land value capture (LVC), two alternative sources of revenue to support new infrastructure and development for which municipal funds are not readily available. It simulates a 30-year TIF implementation along the Sheppard East corridor in Toronto.
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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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Presentation | 2016
Cost Overruns on Infrastructure Projects: Patterns, Causes, and Cures
Matti Siemiatycki
In this presentation, IMFG and today’s leading infrastructure thinkers and practitioners convene for a conversation about how to overcome cost overruns on public infrastructure projects.
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Video | 2016
Cost Overruns on Infrastructure Projects: Patterns, Causes, and Cures
Matti Siemiatycki
This video features an event hosted by IMFG and today’s leading infrastructure thinkers and practitioners on how to overcome cost overruns on public infrastructure projects. The event followed the release of a new paper by Matti Siemiatycki for IMFG, called Cost Overruns on Major Infrastructure Projects: Patterns, Causes, and Cures.
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