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Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack on April 18, 2012 at the International Property Tax Institute’s Property Tax Summit in Niagara Falls.
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Drawing on his substantial knowledge of metropolitan Los Angeles' transit infrastructure and financing, Richard Katz examines the advantages and disadvantages of different revenue tools for financing transit.
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Drawing on his substantial knowledge of metropolitan Los Angeles' transit infrastructure and financing, Richard Katz examines the advantages and disadvantages of different revenue tools for financing transit.
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What new financial tools and collaborative approaches are currently being used among different levels of government, and among public, private, and non-profit sectors to expand and maintain parks and open space in North America?
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Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack on April 4, 2012 to the Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association.
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Jane Bird examines the relationship between government and the private sector and their respective roles in developing and operating transportation infrastructure. As part of her presentation, she discusses how private sector participation in the development of the 19 km Canada Line in Vancouver inspired innovation and delivered the project on time and on budget.
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This paper reviews the evolution and current state of subnational taxation in five large emerging countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Nigeria—BRIC plus one. As these case studies show, intergovernmental fiscal relations in any country are inevitably both path-dependent and context-sensitive.
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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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