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This paper identifies some key reforms needed to ensure more citizen participation and greater accountability in urban governance, and to augment and strengthen the capacity of Indian cities to deliver more adequate services and provide needed urban infrastructure.
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Using a panel of data on the financing of the United States’ largest central cities from 1997 to 2008, the empirical results of this paper provide strong support for the hypothesis that a more diversified revenue structure generates more revenues than one that relies primarily on the property tax.
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This Big City, Big Ideas lecture features Larry Beasley, Canadian Planner Vancouver and Abu Dhabi. It is entitled Planning the Global City: Vancouver, Abu Dhabi and the world. The talk was held on November 16th, 4-6 pm, at the George Ignatieff Theatre, Trinity College.
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Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack on October 4, 2011, sponsored by the Cities Centre, University of Toronto.
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This Big City, Big Ideas lecture features Leslie Koch, President of The Trust for Governors Island, New York. Her talk is entitled The Blue Apple.
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This panel discussion was moderated by David Crombie, President, David Crombie and Associates, and former Mayor of Toronto. The panelists included: John Matheson, Partner, Strategy Corp.; Lorne Sossin, Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School and City of Toronto Open Meeting Investigator; Karim Bardeesy, Editorial Writer at the Globe and Mail, and 2011 DiverseCity Fellow; and Fiona Crean, Ombudsman, City of Toronto.
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This Big City, Big Ideas lecture features Ricky Burdett, Director of the London School of Economics Cities and Urban Age Program, was entitled Living in the Endless City: Global Challenges in an Urban Age.
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Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack on Infrastructure Planning and Financing, at a workshop on “Governance of Metropolitan Regions in Federal Systems,” sponsored by the European Union Committee of the Regions and the Forum of Federations, in Brussels, Belgium.
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