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IMFG Paper | 2012
You Get What You Pay For: How Nordic Cities Are Financed
Jorgen Lotz
The Nordic countries are small, unitary, and have largely homogeneous populations. Municipalities are the most important agents in the decentralized public sector. There are lessons to be learned from country to country in the field of local government financing, but comparisons need to be made with care.
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IMFG Paper | 2012
Property Tax Reform in Vietnam: A Work in Progress
Hong-Loan Trinh
In 2012, Vietnam will celebrate 25 years of economic reform and structural readjustment from a largely centralized, subsidized economy to one based on market principles. This paper reviews existing property-based taxes and outlines the potential for a land tax to effectively replace the current property tax.
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Presentation | 2012
Shared Spaces: Funding and Managing Libraries and Parks in Tough Times Session 2
Martin Gomez
This session examined the changing role of libraries in the digital age along with their role in the broader public learning continuum. In an era of fiscal austerity, are there new operating models for libraries which could prove more effective at responding to changing civic needs and rapid changes in information technology?
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Presentation | 2012
Shared Spaces: Funding and Managing Libraries and Parks in Tough Times Session 2
Gillian Mason
This presentation examines the changing role of libraries in the digital age along with their role in the broader public learning continuum. In an era of fiscal austerity, are there new operating models for libraries which could prove more effective at responding to changing civic needs and rapid changes in information technology?
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Presentation | 2012
Moving our Region: Transportation for the Future Session 1
Robert Puentes
Around the world, there is a broad understanding of the role that strategic investments in transportation play in advancing metropolitan and national economies. In the current context, investments in roads and transit are more important than ever. We need new approaches to how these projects are conceived, funded, and delivered while, at the same time, reinvesting in existing infrastructure.
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Presentation | 2012
Municipal Finance and Governance Issues in Canada and Abroad
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack on February 9, 2012.
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Presentation | 2012
Funding Public Parks in Tough Times: An Innovation Agenda
Jamie Torres Springer
This presentation focuses on the role that parks and libraries play as contributors to broader urban policy objectives. How do libraries and parks affect and leverage the quality of life, sustainability, and economic growth in the city? In a period of fiscal austerity, what are the appropriate roles for the public sector, the private sector and the scope for partnerships in both the funding and management of these spaces?
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Presentation | 2012
Shared Spaces: Funding and Managing Libraries and Parks in Tough Times
Siobhan Reardon
This presentation focuses on the role that parks and libraries play as contributors to broader urban policy objectives. How do libraries and parks affect and leverage the quality of life, sustainability, and economic growth in the city? In a period of fiscal austerity, what are the appropriate roles for the public sector, the private sector and the scope for partnerships in both the funding and management of these spaces?
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