Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- GLOSSARY -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER ONE. MEXICO'S FEDERAL DISTRICT -- I. ECONOMIC AND GEOGRAPHIC SURVEY -- II. FEDERAL DISTRICT FINANCES -- III. THE GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE OF THE FEDERAL DISTRICT -- IV. THE FEDERAL FISCAL COURT -- CHAPTER TWO. THE...

This book examines the Canadian province of Ontario's 1998 attempt to reform itsproperty tax laws and provides strategies--such as restructuring education finance andintroducing a new form of business taxation, at both the provincial and local levels--tohelp policy makers design a better future.

Property taxes are generally considered by economists to be good taxes, and many countries are being advised to increase and improve their property taxes. In practice, however, property tax reforms have often proved to be difficult to carry out successfully. This paper discusses why property...