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Do we need to have local agencies, boards and commissions (ABCs)? What is the appropriate geographic boundary (local, regional, provincial, etc.) for a particular policy task? Who should sit on the board of the ABC and should they be appointed or elected?
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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 delivered by Enid Slack and André Côté to the Toronto Urban Fellows Learning Session: A Foundation in Municipal Finance on June 20, 2013.
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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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Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the 8th Mass Appraisal Valuation Symposium in Durban, South Africa on June 13, 2013.
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In recent years, we have seen a sharp increase in foreign demand for Canadian assets, including bonds issued by Canadian municipalities and provinces. IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Kyle Hanniman discussed the factors driving foreign investment in Canada's subnational bond market; the implications of these developments for municipal borrowing costs and credit spreads; and what, if anything, municipalities are doing to manage the risks and opportunities involved.
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The Ontario Municipal Board is an independent provincial planning appeals body that has wielded major influence on Toronto’s urban development. In this book, IMFG Fellow Aaron A. Moore examines the effect that the OMB has had on the behavior and relationships of Toronto’s main political actors, including city planners, developers, neighbourhood associations, and local politicians.
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Presentation delivered by IMFG Visiting Scholar Lars-Erik Borge on May 8, 2013. Borge is Professor of Economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.
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