Advancing Development

Advancing Development
Author: G. Mavrotas
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 830
Release: 2007-01-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230801463

This book reflects on current thinking in development economics and on what may happen over the next two decades. As well as studying development economics in retrospect, the volume explores the current debates and challenges and looks forward at the problems that affect the global capacity to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Implementing Value Capture in Latin America

Implementing Value Capture in Latin America
Author: Martim Oscar Smolka
Publisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781558442849

The report examines a variety of specific instruments and applications in municipalities throughout the region under three categories: property taxation and betterment contributions; exactions and other direct negotiations for charges for building rights or the transfer of development rights; and large-scale approaches such as development of public land through privatization or acquisition, land readjustment, and public auctions of bonds for purchasing building rights. It concludes with a summary of lessons learned and recommends steps that can be taken in three spheres: Learn from Implementation Experiences Increase Knowledge about Theory and Practice Promote Greater Public Understanding and Participation